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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Topeka, KS

June 19, 1990Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 11:41 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1990, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 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 41 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 10 minutes 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, 1 hour 8 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, 54 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, 48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton39 min
Jun 19, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris29 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, 11:50 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.