Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 1:21 AM CDT for Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 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 26, 1990, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Republic County, KS, Washington 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 26, 2:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Washington, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 6891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.1
- Supercell composite
- 35.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 260621
SVRCNK
KSC201-157-260730-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
121 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WASHINGTON...EASTERN REPUBLIC
AT 117 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR
FAIRBURY NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA OR ABOUT
15 MILES NORTH OF BELLEVILLE KANSAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL REACH BELLEVILLE BY 135 AM AND THE WASHINGTON
AREA BEFORE 2 AM. PREPARE NOW FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
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.
ADAMSWhat 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 25, 11:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1100 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 1100 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING RAN FROM NEAR YORK NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SUPERIOR. OTHER INTENSIFYING STORMS CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST AND 15 MILES WEST OF HOLDREGE NEBRASKA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BORDER BY MIDNIGHT. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH THEN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL MAY OCCUR AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1200 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES JEWELL...REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON ...CLOUD...CLAY...OTTAWA...SALINE AND DICKINSON. AT MIDNIGHT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM HOLDREGE NEBRASKA TO NEAR PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BY 1 AM THESE STORMS WILL REACH A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO TO 20 MILES WEST OF OSBORNE. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STAY ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED THEN GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:26 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1225 AM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT... AT 1220 AM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN ANY PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST GONE THROUGH GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA AND WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 78 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AT GRAND ISLAND AT MIDNIGHT. THE CURRENT SOUTHEASTWARD TRACK OF THIS STORM WOULD BRING IT INTO KANSAS JUST WEST OF MARYSVILLE BY 2 AM AND ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE TO MANHATTAN BY 3 AM CDT. CAMPERS AT2 TUTTLE CREEK AND MILFORD LAKES SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKES AND OUT OF TENTS AND SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:58 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1255 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 AT 1255 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOME 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBRON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES FOR WASHINGTON AND EASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS IS A DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM FROM CURRENT INDICATIONS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSBORNE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE GLEN ELDER RESERVOIR AREA BY 130 AM. SO CAMPERS SHOULD TAKE PRECATUIONS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES...JEWELL...REPUBLIC...d WASHINGTON...CLOUD...CLAY...OTTAWA...SALINE AND DICKINSON. PERSONS IN A CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 40 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.