Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1990, 12:17 AM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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 20, 1990, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno 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 20, 12:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 20, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Reno, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
000
TTAA00 KICT 200517
TORICT
KSC155-079-200545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1217 AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN RENO...WESTERN HARVEY
AT 1215 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND NICKERSON.
MOVEMENT WAS TO \THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 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 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, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 30 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, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 25 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990
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.