Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1990, 2:31 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1990, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1990, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 090733
SVRTOP
KSC149-161-090830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
231 AM CDT WED MAY 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...POTTAWATOMIE...EASTERN RILEY
AT 230 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
WEST OF MANHATTAN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MANHATTAN AND LOUISVILLE
TO NEAR EMMETT BY 330 AM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
BILLSWhat 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, 3 hours 38 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, 2 hours 57 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, 2 hours 27 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
Special weather statement, May 9, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ013-015-090630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1231 AM CDT WED MAY 9 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 204 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 6 AM THIS MORNING. AT 1225 AM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING HE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO A MARYSVILLE MANHATTAN LINE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:14 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 214 AM CDT WED MAY 9 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLOUD JEWELL MITCHELL OSBORNE OTTAWA PHILLIPS REPUBLIC ROOKS SMITH ...CENTRAL... BARTON ELLIS ELLSWORTH LINCOLN MCPHERSON RICE RUSH RUSSELL SALINE THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CONCORDIA GREAT BEND HAYS MCPHERSON RUSSELL SALINA SMITH CENTER REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 203...WHICH INCLUDED COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS...HAS BEEN CANCELED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 204...WHICH INCLUEDE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST AND A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CONTINUES IN EFFECT. BILLS
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 | Lincoln, Mitchell | 66 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.