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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Topeka, KS

June 18, 1990Clay County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 8:01 PM CDT for Clay County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 18, 1990, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, KS, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 8:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Clay, KS
Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Washington, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 681 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 190101
SVRCNK
KSC027-201-190145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
801 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      CLAY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON

AT 757 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES EAST OF
CONCORDIA NEAR CLIFTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL BE
TRACKING ACROSS THE WASHINGTON CLAY COUNTY LINE.  THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.

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
DANGREROUS 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.

KLEYLA

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 18, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-172200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
436 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM
WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HARLAN COUNTY OF NEBRASKA BY 445 PM.

KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-182330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
527 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 462 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THAT PART
OF KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON..NORTH OF A LINE FROM
DIGHTON TO RUSSELL TO CLAY CENTER AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CALY CENTER
TO WASHINGTON.

AT 525 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM HASTINGS
NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS TO 25 MILES WEST
OF RUSSELL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
6 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 492 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO
DIGHTON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO RUSSELL TO CLAY CENTER
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO WASHINGTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 FOR WESTERN SMITH
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 6PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS
LARGE HAIL VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE
30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 15 MILES WEST OF OSBORNE AND
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BURR OAK.  THESE STORMS WERE

WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 $MPH.
PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
615 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

THE  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SMITH COUNTY OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.

AT 615 PM CDT A 35 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE
FROM SUPERIOR NEBRASKA TO JUST WEST OF BELOIT TO RUSSELL.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 492 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO
DIGHTON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGAHTON TO RUSSELL TO CLAY CENTER
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO WASHINGTON.
SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
622 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

TO ALL BROADCASTERS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO WXK-92..ELLSWORTH IS OFF THE
AIR.  A TELEPHRONE CABLE HAS BEEN CUT NEAR ELLSWORTH KANSAS.  THE PHONE
COMPANY HOPES TO HAVE WXK-92 BACK ON THE AIR BY 830 PM CDT.

SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
635 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

AT 635 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM YORK NEBRASKA
TO CONCORDIA TO GREAT BEND.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES
WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CAWKER CITY AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL.  THE THUNDER
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH..HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE FROM
BELLEVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA TO LINCOLN BY 710 PM CDT.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 492 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NrORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO
DIGHTON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO RUSSELL TO CLAY CENTER
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO WASHINGTON.
SCHNEIDER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud32 min
Jun 18, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington34 min
Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton53 min
Jun 18, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell51 min
Jun 18, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson, Saline37 min
Jun 19, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton34 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.