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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Topeka, KS

May 9, 1990Lincoln County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1990, 12:09 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports 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: May 9, 1990, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell 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
May 9, 12:18 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Lincoln, KS
May 9, 12:23 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Mitchell, KS
May 9, 12:40 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Mitchell, KS
May 9, 12:50 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Mitchell, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 090509
SVRCNK
KSC105-123-089-090615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1209 AM CDT WED MAY 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      NORTHERN LINCOLN...

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      MITCHELL...JEWELL...

AT 1206 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 15 MILES EAST OF SMITH
CENTER TO NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 20 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL.  THE
LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM
MANKATO TO GLEN ELDER TO NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY BY 1225 AM CDT.
LARGE HAIL..HIGH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS XLIGHTNING.  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.

SCHNEIDER

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, May 8, 10:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-090445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1053 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THAT PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
WEST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO MCPHERSON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MCPHERSON TO LA CROSSE  AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LA CROSSE TO PHILLIPS/
BURG.

AT 1050 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYS
TO SMITH CENTER OR 30 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG TO GRAND ISLAND,
NEBRASKA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO
RUSSELL BY MIDNIGHT.

SCHNEIDER

Special weather statement, May 8, 11:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

KSZ001-002-004-005-090530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1035 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 1990

PARTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202 IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
KANSAS HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF
A LINE FROM NORTON TO NESS CITY TO SCOTT CITY TO THE COLORADO LINE
WEST OF TRIBUNE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GOODLAND AND HILL CITY.

HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAIN/CONTINUE IN
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2AM CDT...

FINNEY...FORD...GRANT...GRAY...HAMILTON...HASKELL...HODGEMAN...
KEARNY AND STANTON...

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER /203/ CONTINUES FOR
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4AM CDT.

AKULOW

Special weather statement, May 9, 12:04 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

KSZ007-008-090620-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1205 AM CDT WED MAY 9 1990

A SMALL PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203 IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL KANSAS HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...PHILLIPS...ROOKS...ELLIS...AND RUSH.

HOWEVER THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR THE REST
OF CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OFF RUSSELL...CONCORDIA AND
SALINA.

AKULOW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osborne, Smith	65 min
May 9, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jewell	66 min
May 9, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	68 min
May 9, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	68 min
May 9, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	58 min
May 9, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.