Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1990, 5:56 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 27, 1990, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, KS, Ottawa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Lincoln, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jul 27, 5:06 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 505 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 AT 5 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATE`D 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA JUST SOUTH OF KANOPOLIS...15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SALINA JUST WEST OF LINDSBORG...AND 20 MILES SOUTH JUST NORTH OF MCPHERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 527 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 AT 527 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA FROM NEAR MARQUETTE TO KANOPOLIS LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL NEAR SALINA AREA BY 630 PM CDT. MP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 68 min |
| Jul 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 54 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.