Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 9:25 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 15, 1990, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shawnee 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, 10:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Shawnee, KS | |
| Jun 15, 10:23 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Shawnee, KS | |
| Jun 15, 10:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 74 | Shawnee, 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 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 11 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.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 151425
SVRTOP
KSC177-151530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
925 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...SHAWNEE
AT 920 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR SILVER LAKE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR. GUSTS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
IN THE SILVER LAKE AREA.
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, 6:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 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 58 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 11 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:16 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-151515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 915 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND UNTIL 12 PM FOR NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 910 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE 40 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GREENLEAF TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR RILEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTER REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. SOME COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE REPORTED FLOODED. ADDITIONALLY FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG FANCY CREEK IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY AND WATER WAS FLOWING OVER PORTIONS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 859. THESE THUNDERSTROMS ARE MOVING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND WILL QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS...STAsY ON HIGH GROUND. KLEYLA
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, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 58 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.