Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Sedgwick, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KICT 150130
TORICT
KSC173-150200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN SEDGWICK...THE CITY OF WICHITA
AT 830PM CDT SEDGWICK COUNTY EMERGENCY CENTER REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD OVER NORTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF PARK CITY. ALSO
THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MAIZE.
THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 68 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 65 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.