Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 10:25 AM CST for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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, 10:25 AM CST (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rice 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, 10:45 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Rice, KS | |
| Mar 13, 10:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Rice, KS | |
| Mar 13, 11:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Rice, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1025 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
RICE
AT 1023 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYONS ON THE
RICE/RENO COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE
STORM WILL BE NEAR LYONS BY 1045 AM CST.
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
HA IL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
PHILLIPSWhat 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, Mar 13, 6:46 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 645 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AT 645 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA OR FROM 10 MILES NORTH TO 5 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEARY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTH OF BELOIT TO THE GLASCO-DELPHOS AREA BETWEEN 715 AND 730AM THIS MORNING AND TO NEAR CONCORDIA BY 8AM. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HAIL CAN BET EXPECTED. LIGHT SHOWWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN AN AREA 10 MILES WIDE FROM HAYS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:16 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 715 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AT 715 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST SOUTHWEST OF DELPHOS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN AT 705 AM. THE THUNDER/ STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR BELLEVILLE TO CLYDE/CLIFTON AREA BY 8 AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN JEWELL AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PETEREN
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:47 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 746 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AT 740 AM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE AREA WAS 60 MILES WIDE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LURAY IN RUSSELL COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELEVILLE IN REPUBLIC COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FORMING RAPIDL<Y FROM NEAR OSBORNE TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYES. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:31 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 831 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AT 725 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OSBORNE TO NEAR WASHINGTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:14 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 914 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AT 912 AM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR WOODSTON AND 55 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODSTON WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY BY 930 AM AND THE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF GREAT BEND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST RUSSELL COUNTY BY 1015 AM. PERSONS IN RUSSELL AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROA?CH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 50 TO 70 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:07 AM CST, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-131705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1005 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1003 AM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR NATOMA AND 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG IN SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND AND WILL MOVE THROUGH BARTON COUNTY BY 1045 AM CST. PHILLIPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Rice | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 47 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.