Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1990, 9:00 PM CST for Douglas County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 12, 1990, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1990, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Osage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:21 PM CST | Hail 1 | Osage, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 130304 COR
SVRTOP
KSC045-139-130345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTION TO EXPIRATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
900 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...DOUGLAS...OSAGE
AT 855PM 3/4 TO 1 1/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LEBO IN EXTREME NORTHERN
COFFEY COUNTY, OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA.
IN ADDITION...MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
OVERBROOK IN NORTHEAST OSAGE COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
MAWhat 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, Mar 12, 8:03 PM CST, 57 minutes before
KSZ013>016-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 804 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MONDAY EVENING. AT 8PM THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF TOPEKA FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO OTTAWA TO NEAR KANSAS CITY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WAS REPORTED NEAR LEROY KANSAS ...ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...AT 755PM. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 8:28 PM CST, 32 minutes before
KSZ013>016-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 828 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 AT 825PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS...WERE CONTINUING TO INCREASE OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF EMPORIA, ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA NEAR POMONA LAKE AND ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 8:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 828 PM CST MON MAY 12 1990 AT 828 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS FORMING RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. IT WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND OR SOME 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL. MOVEMENT SHOULD BE NORTH NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE UP ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY...NEAR THE CITY OF LINCOLN BY 9 PM AND INTO THE BELOIT AREA...SOME 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA AROUND 930 PM. HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THE NEXT TWO HOURS. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS SPREADING NORTH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 8:50 PM CST, 10 minutes before
KSZ013>016-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 850 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990 AT 850 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE FROM KANSAS CITY TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO EMPORIA TO WICHITA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES AND SMALL ICE CUBES WAS REPORTED AT LYNDON IN OSAGE COUNTY ABOUT 837PM. IN ADDITION PEA SIZE HAIL FELL AT BALDWIN CITY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SHORTLY BEFORE 830PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RA`PIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Rice | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 47 min |
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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.