Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 11:32 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 19, 1990, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rice 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 19, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Rice, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 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 KCNK 200432
SVRCNK
KSC159-200500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1132 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
RICE
AT 1130 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST
OF GREAT BEND NEAR ELLINWOOD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL BE NEAR LYONS BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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
HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
KLEYLAWhat 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, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 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 hour 32 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ001>011-200500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 502 FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 507. WATCH NUMBER 507 IS VALID UNTIL 4AM CDT. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:33 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM. HOWEVER A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 507 WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR BARTON RUSSELL RICE ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM. ADDITIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR SALINE MCPHERSON DICKINSON WASHINGTON CLAY AND OTTAWA COUNTIES. AT 1025 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL TO HAYES AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BARNARD TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR HUNTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:47 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1046 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 502 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... HOWEVER A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 507 IS IN EFFECT FOR BARTON RUSSELL RICE ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM. ADDITIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR SALINE MCPHERSON DICKINSON WASHINGTON CLAY AND OTTAWA COUNTIES. AT 1045 PM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLASCO TO 45 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR WILSON LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ013>016-200430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1054 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT... AT 1045 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO 25 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ESKRIDGE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRO- DUCED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE OF SEVERE INTENSITY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WIND AS FAR EAST AS GRIDLEY IN SOUTHWEST COFFEY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BE ALERT AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MCNULTY
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, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 29 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, 11:41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.