Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 4:52 PM CST for Harvey County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harvey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado F5 | Harvey, KS | |
| Mar 13, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado F5 | Harvey, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 132252
TORICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
452 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WESTERN HARVEY
AT 450 PM CST A LARGE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND HEADED TOWARD
HAVEN IN EAST CENTRAL RENO COUNTY...AND MOVING TOWARD WEST HARVEY
COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN HARVEY COUNTY SHOULD PLAN NOW AND TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
SINCE THE 40 MPH MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WILL PLACE THE
TORNADO INTO HARVEY AROUND 500 PM.
TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON/T WAIT UNTIL THE xSTORM IS UPON YOU...IT
MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
STEADHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 18 min |
| Mar 13, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
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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.