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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS

June 19, 1990Morris County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3973 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 1990-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.
 
KISNER

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton39 min
Jun 19, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey59 min
Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton25 min
Jun 19, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage36 min
Jun 19, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice28 min
Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas34 min
Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPFranklin3 hr
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson, Rice27 min
Jun 20, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.