Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 24, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Smith, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 250147
SVRCNK
KSC183-250215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
847 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WESTERN SMITH
AT 845 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR SOME 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF KENSINGTON MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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 STORM WILL MOVE UP ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF SMITH
COUNTY.
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, Apr 24, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 443 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 A TORNADO WATCH COVERS A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THE WATCH COVERS RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES. AT 442 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL LINED UP FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE NORTH END OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REACH A POINT ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL BY 515 PM WITH THE SOUTH END SOME 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATH ER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 530 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 AT 530 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSBORNE TO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BY 630 PM THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH A LINE FROM NEAR OSBORNE TO NEAR GREAT BEND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AS WELL. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE WATCHFUL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 730 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWEST SMITH COUNTY. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 154 NOW COVERS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 153 CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 730 PM RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HAYS. IT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF GIVING HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES EAST AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO JUST EAST OF HAYS. ALL THUND ERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 804 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 TORNADO WATCH 153 CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH/ CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS. AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 154 COVERS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY. AT 804 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SOME HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR SOME 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSBORNE. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE BOUNDED FROM NEAR KEARNEY AND CLAY CENTER NEBRASKA ON THE NORTH TO 15 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL KANSAS ON THE SOUTH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 27 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.