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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1990Pottawatomie County, Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic30 min
Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline26 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell34 min
Jun 14, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith38 min
Jun 15, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington63 min
Jun 15, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee65 min
Jun 15, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage65 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.