Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 6:42 AM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 15, 1990, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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 15, 6:50 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washington, 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 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 151142
SVRCNK
KSC201-151245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
642 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WASHINGTON
AT 641 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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.
PETERSENWhat 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 15, 2:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-150830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 230 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 230 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 30 MILES EAST OF SALINA FROM NEAR ENTERPRISE TO WOODBINE. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THE EAST AT 10 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR WASHINGTON...CLAY...DICKINSON AND MARION COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASES SINCE 2 AM WITH THE STRONGEST NEAR GRAND ISLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM OMAHA TO BEATRICE TO 25 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ013>016-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 300 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS. AT 255 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANHATTAN TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OTTAWA. THE MOST INTENSE STORM...CAPABLE OF DRENCHING RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL WAS OVER NORTHWEST MORRIS COUNTY NEAR WHITE CITY OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AS THE AREA SHIFTED SLOWLY EAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GRADUALLY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING IHOURS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING AS THE STORMS MOVE OVER RAIN SOAKED GROUNDS. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-150930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 331 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 330 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR HANOVER AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SHOULD MOVE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE BY 430 AM. OTHER THUNDERSTOMS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RAPIDS TO WASHINGTON TO FAIRBURY AND GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA. A FLASH FLOOD WATLCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR WASHINGTON... CLAY...MARION AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN THE ENTERPRISE/WOODBINE AREAS AT 230 AM HAS MOVED TO NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY AND AT 330 AM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COUNCIL GROVE AND CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZALL-151600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 513 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR THE RECREATIONAL LAKES OF WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW OVER 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE THE OPEN WATERS OF THE RECREATIONAL LAKES CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS. THE ADVISORY IS BASICALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTHEAST OF NORTON THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF PRATT. BOATERS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND SEEK SHELTER NEAR THE SHORE OR IN PROTECTED INLETS. THE HEAT INDEX WILL ALSO BE RISING OVER KANSAS INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 SHOULD BE COMMON OVER MUCH OF THE STATE BY SATURDAY. THESE VALUES WILL PLACE A DANGEROUS STRESS ON THE BODY ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT IF WORKING OUTSIDE. ALSO TAKE PLENTY OF LIQUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:22 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-151230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 621 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 620 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA ON THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS BORDER NORTH OF WASHINGTON AND NEAR NARKA IN NORTHEAST REPUBLIC COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES BY 730 AM THIS MORNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENED FROM ONAGA TO WASHINGTON 10 MILES NORTH OF BELLEVILLE TO NEAR KEARNEY NEBRASKA. PETESREN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:27 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZALL-151220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 625 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 620 AM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY ABOUT 635 AM. PERSONS IN NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY AND IN THE TOWN OF SENECA SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER AND IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RUFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 65 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.