Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 8:32 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KTOP 151332
SVRTOP
KSC177-197-149-151430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
832 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...SHAWNEE...NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE
AT 830 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TOPEKA JUST NORTH OF ST MARYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What 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, 5:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 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, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 5 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZALL-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 718 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 710AM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OVER A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE AROUND MARYSVILLE IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DRENCHING RAINS SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT WILL PLACE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SABETHA TO SENECA TO THE NORTHERN END OF TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR. AT 710AM CDT THE MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH @AND SOME SMALL HAIL. BOATERS ON TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS AND BEGIN TO MOVE TO SHELTER. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:47 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZALL-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 745 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 710AM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OVER A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE AROUND MARYSVILLE IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DRENCHING RAINS SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT WILL PLACE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SABETHA TO SENECA TO THE NORTHERN END OF TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR BY 815AM CDT. AT 710AM CDT THE MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS OF 35 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL. BOATERS ON TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS AND BEGIN TO MOVE TO SHELTER. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:14 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-151415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 813 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. AT 810 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE 30 MILES NORTH/ EAST OF CONCORDIA OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BELLEVILLE TO JUST NORTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AT 755 AM CDT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY K148 5 MILES NORTH OF HANOVER AND OVER HIGHWAY 36 4 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS...STAY ON HIGH GROUND. SCHNEIDER
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, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 63 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
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.