Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 10:01 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 44.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 200302
SVRTOP
KSC127-200330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1001 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...MORRIS
AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTH OF
MANHATTAN AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WARNING WILL
INCLUDE THE RECREATIONAL LAKE AT COUNCIL GROVE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
KISNERWhat 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 19, 6:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 607 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON. AT 605 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM DODGE CITY TO GARDEN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES BY 7 PM. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 655 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON. AT 650 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF GARDEN CITY TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND NEAR ST. JOHN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY BY 730 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. WATCH 505 IS EAST OF A CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON LINE WHILE WATCH 502 IS WEST OF A CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON LINE. AT 830 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 TY MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH TO 20 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND NEAR CHASE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 915 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. WATCH 505 IS EAST OF A CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON LINE WHILE WATCH 502 IS WEST OF A CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON LINE. AT 910 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL TO NEAR HUTCHINSON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. TWO NEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALIN9A NEAR GYPSUM AND 30 MILES EAST OF SALINA NEAR NAVARRO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:18 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ013>016-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 918 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2AM... AT =915 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE CURRENT MOVEMENT...SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MARYSVILLE AND MANHATTAN AREAS AROUND 10 PM. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ013>016-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2AM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 3AM... AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR|. PERSONS IN POTTAWATOMIE...WABAUNSEE...AND MORRIS CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 1030 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 26 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.