Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 6:16 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Harper, KS | |
| Mar 13, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado F3 | 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 3214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 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 KICT 140016
TORICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
616 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN RENO...EASTERN KINGMAN...EASTERN HARPER...SEDGWICK
AT 615 PM NUMEROUS TORNADOES WERE LOCATED ALONG THE COUNTY LINES OF
EASTERN RENO...EASTERN KINGMAN...SEDWICK...AND EASTERN HARPER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON/T WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IcS UPON YOU...IT
MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
LEIVERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 64 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.