Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1990, 9:45 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 19, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:15 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 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 90 | 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, 2.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOP 200246
TORICT
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
ISSUED BY TOPEKA KS
945 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...SEDGWICK....INCLUDING THE CITY OF WICHITA
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 35 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SqPOT.
KISNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 25 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.