Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Topeka, KS

August 11, 1990Barton County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1990, 1:59 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1990, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barton 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 110659
SVRCNK
KSC009-110745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
159 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      BARTON

AT 155 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTY LINE OR SOME 20 MILES NORTH OF GREAT
BEND.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH
AS IT MOVES SOUTHAT 30 MPH.  THIS STROM SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE
GREAT BEND AREA BY 230 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.

KLEYLA

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, Aug 10, 11:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110515

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1113 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 651 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM...

AT 1110 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES
WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BELOIT TO SALINA TO 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA NEAR
HOLLAND.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL STRON"G
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
NEAR BARNARD 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR KIPP AND 20 MILES EAST OF
SALINA NEAR HOLLAND.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ013>016-110600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1119 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THAT PART OF
   NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN
   TO MARYSVILLE...

THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AT 1115 SHOULD SLIDE INTO
NORTHERN KANSAS AROUND MIDNIGHT.  THE STORMS WILL ENTER NORTHEAST
KANSAS AROUND MARYSVILLE AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST.  SOME STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE FROM MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN AND COUNCIL GROVE.
MOST PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL GET SOME RAIN...AND A FEW PLACES
MAY EVEN MEASURE MORE THAN AN INCH BY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S BY DAWN...WHILE A LIGHT
BREEZ4E FAVORS A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.

SCHURR
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ013>016-110630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1153 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THAT PART OF
   NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN
   TO MARYSVILLE UNTIL 4 THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD SPREAD TO NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  THE SHOULD ENTER NORTHEAST KANSAS
AROUND MARYSVILLE BY 1230 AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST.  SOME STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE FROM MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN AND COUNCIL GROVE.
MOST PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL GET SOME RAIN...AND A FEW PLACES
WILL LIKELY MEASURE MORE THAN AN INCH BY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE UPPER 60S BY M~ORNING...AND A LIGHT
BREEZE WILL FAVOR A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.

SCHURR
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110615

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1215 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 651 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM...

AT 1215 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO SALINA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA JUST EAST OF
LINDSBORG.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND
WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THUNDERSTORMS WERE 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
MOVING INTO SMITH AND JEWELL COUNTIES.  WINDS IN THE BURR OAK AREA WERE
GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT MIDNIGHT.  THESE THUNDESTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH A LINE FROM OSBORNE TO BELOIT TO BELLEVILLE
BY 115 AM CDT.  STRONG SHIFTING NORTHERLY WINDS TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
MP
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:12 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ013>016-110730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1212 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THAT PART OF
   NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO MANHATTAN
   TO MARYSVILLE UNTIL 4 THIS MORNING.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN MARYSVILLE AND
MANHATTAN AT 1210AM. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MORE THUNDER
STORMS WILL SPREAD FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS IN THE NEXT HOUR. THEY SHOULD BE IN THE MARYSVILLE
TO MANHATTAN TO EMPORIA AREAS BY 1AM. SOME MAY BE SEVERE FROM MARYSVILLE
TO MANHATTAN AND COUNCIL GROVE. MOST PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANeSAS WILL GET
SOME RAIN BY 3AM...AND A FEW PLACES WILL LIKELY MEASURE MORE THAN AN
INCH BY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE UPPER 60S BY MORNING...AND A LIGHT BREEZE
WILL FAVOR A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.                        SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:24 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110720

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
123 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 651 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM...

AT 120 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR
BENNINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND
WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY CAUSING RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS
IN SOUTHEAST MITCHELL...SOUTHWEST CLOUD AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OTTAWA
COUNTIES.  MOTORIST SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE WATER OVER
THE ROAD OR IN LOW SPOTS AND UNDERPASSES.
A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF SALINA.

IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 45 MILES NORTH
EAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR HANOVER.  THIS THUNDERRSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FROM NEAR BELLEVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO BELOIT TO NEAR OSBORNE.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE RECORDED AT CONCORDIA AT 122 AM.
MP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth, Russell39 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.