Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 6:01 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellsworth 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, 6:08 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Ellsworth, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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KSC053-142330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
601 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN ELLSWORTH
AT 600 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR JUST EAST OF ELLSWORTH. GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE JUST WEST OF
BROOKVILLE BY 620 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA SO REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
URBANWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 324 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 TORNADO WATCH 462 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO HUTCHINSON. AT THIS TIME RADAR IS NOT INDICATING ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR GARDEN CITY AND WERE MOVMING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ013>016-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 453 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 464 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FROM ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON HAD MOVED EAST INTO MISSOURI. AT ABOUT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW SHOWERS SCATTERED BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND KANSAS CITY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HOWEVER A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WERE IN CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR SALINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE JUNCTION CITY AND COUNCIL GROVE AREAS...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO YOUR AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS IF IT HOLDS ITS PRESENT COURSE. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:37 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ013>016-142345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 537 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 464 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FROM ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD COUNCIL GROVE AT 530PM. THERE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY BETWEEN 6PM AND 7PM. THE MAIN DANGER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COMES IN THE FORM OF GUSTY... POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE ON COUN@CIL GROVE RESERVOIR SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHORE. CAMPERS IN THIS LOCATION SHOULD FIND AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A STRONG SHELTER. MAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 12:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.