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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

March 13, 1990Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 6:01 PM CST for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1990, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 6:45 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1053 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 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
1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 140001
SVRCNK
KSC123-140045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
601 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      SOUTHERN MITCHELL

AT 559 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR HUNTER IN SOUTHWEST MITCHELL COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN
THE BELOIT AREA BY 630 PM.

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
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE
6HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.

PHILLIPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMorris64 min
Mar 13, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell43 min
Mar 13, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson25 min
Mar 13, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell50 min
Mar 13, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson48 min
Mar 13, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPJewell14 min
Mar 13, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic54 min
Mar 13, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic51 min
Mar 13, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPGeary63 min
Mar 13, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPJewell42 min
Mar 13, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson40 min
Mar 13, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell47 min
Mar 13, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth46 min
Mar 13, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMorris15 min
Mar 13, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPSaline42 min
Mar 13, 7:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln53 min
Mar 13, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa54 min
Mar 13, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee36 min
Mar 13, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud49 min
Mar 13, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPRepublic44 min
Mar 13, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPCloud42 min
Mar 13, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice45 min
Mar 13, 8:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie22 min
Mar 13, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline44 min
Mar 13, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson51 min
Mar 13, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Riley39 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.