Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 4:11 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1990, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1990, 4:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOP 212113
SVRTOP
KSC111-212200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
411 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...LYON
AT 405 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMPORIA MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE
SOUTHSIDE OF EMPORIA AROUND 4PM CDT.
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS LYON COUNTY TO THE MELVERN RESERVOIR AREA OF WESTERN OSAGE
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.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 21, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ013>016-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 234 PM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 THUNDERSTORMS POPPED UP SOUTH OF A LINE BETWEEN EMPORIA AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA AT IOLA BETWEEN 2 AND 230 THIS AFTERNOON. AT 230...STRONGEST STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA OVER JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR...AND 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA BETWEEN GARNETT AND IOLA. PEOPLE AROUND JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR...AND IN BURLINGTON AND THE AREA SOUTH OF GARNETT SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS HAD ALREAD MOVED INTO MARYSVILLE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE DAY...OR THIS EVENING. SCHURR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 236 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 512 IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 230 RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF SALINA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR JUST EAST OF ELLSWORTH TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR ROXBURY. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR NESS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. URBAN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ013>016-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED 1ST SENTENCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 239 PM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 THUNDERSTORMS POPPED UP BETWEEN EMPORIA AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA AT IOLA BETWEEN 2 AND 230 THIS AFTERNOON. AT 230...STRONGEST STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA OVER JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR...AND 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA BETWEEN GARNETT AND IOLA. PEOPLE AROUND JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR...AND IN BURLINGTON AND THE AREA SOUTH OF GARNETT SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS HAD ALREAD MOVED INTO MARYSVILLE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE DAY...OR THIS EVENING. SCHURR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 313 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBERS 512 AND 514 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 310 RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR GYPSUM TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR HERINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AN9D DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR ALEXANDER IN RUSH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. URBAN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:32 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ013>016-202100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 PM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL...AS WELL AS MOST OF THE REST OF KANSAS UNTIL 10PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ANDERSON COUNTY EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR ANDERSON COUNTY AND GARNETT IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS EXPIRED AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT WILL NOT BE REISSUED. THE STORM THAT DROPPED LARGE HAIL 30 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA AT COLONY AND AROUND GARNETT HAD MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD PAOLA. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN QUITE STRONG AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL FROM WEST OF EMPORIA EAST THROUGH BURLINGTON AND GARNETT TO 60 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA NEAR PAOLA. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD EAST AND NORTH... AND REFORM OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EMPORIA TO PAOLA. THUNDERSTORMS WdILL LIKELY FIRE OVER OTHER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL 10 TONIGHT. SCHURR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 355 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBERS 512 AND 514 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 350 PM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FROM CONCORDIA TO NEAR SALINA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WAS LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR BURDETT IN PAWNEE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND MAY AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY NEAR PAWNEE ROCK BY 430 PM. KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 43 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.