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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Topeka, KS

June 26, 1990Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 2:12 AM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1990, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Clay 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 2:28 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Clay, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1990-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6891 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 260712
SVRCNK
KSC027-260800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
212 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      CLAY

AT 210 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLYDE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WILL REACH THE
CITY OF CLAY CENTER BY 230 AM AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WAKEFIELD
AND MILFORD RESERVOIR BY 3 AM.

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.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RESERVOIR RECREATIONAL
AREAS.  CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM FOR
 WASHINGTON COUNTY AND EASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY.

ADAMS

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 25, 11:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 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, 2 hours 12 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, 1 hour 46 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, 1 hour 14 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:31 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
130 AM CDT MON JUN 25 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

AT 120 AM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED IN AROUND MARYSVILLE
WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN. HOWEVER, THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA JUST TO THE WEST OF
FAIRBURY. IT STILL APPEARS THE SEVEREST STORMS WILL COME INTO KANSAS
JUST TO THE WEST OF MARYSVILLE BY 2 AM AND ARE STILL HEADED FOR THE
TUTTLE CREEK AND MILFORD LAKES AS WELL AS MNHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY
AREAS BY 3 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED
FOR WASHINGTON AND EASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES. THESE COUNTIES ARE JUST
TO THE WEST OF MARYSVILLE.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. THUNDERSTORM
WINDS CAN BE ALMOST AS DAMAGING AS THE WINDS IN A TORNADO. CAMPERS AT
TUTTLE CREEK AND MILFORD LAKES SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKES AND
SEEK SHELTER FROM THE EXPECTED HIGH WINDS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY
THESE STORMS.

BILLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington69 min
Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley62 min
Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary62 min
Jun 26, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson27 min
Jun 26, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.