Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 12:07 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
- May 15, 1990, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pottawatomie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:17 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pottawatomie, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOP 150512
SVRTOP
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1207 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...POTTAWATOMIE
AT 1205 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AROUND 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL EFFECT THE CITIES OF WESTMORELAND AND WAMEGO.
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.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 14, 10:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-150420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1020 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 232 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES AND FOR OTTAWA COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT. AT 1020 PM A LIGHT SHOWER WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR BRIDGEPORT. THE SHOWER WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-150520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1119 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 232 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES AND FOR OTTAWA COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT. AT 1117 PM A NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR GYPSUM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:47 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-150540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1145 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 232 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES AND FOR OTTAWA COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM CDT. AT 1143 PM A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS 12 MILES EAST OF SALINA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR SOLOMON BY 1210 AM CDT TUESDAY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA FROM TOPEKA TO 30 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. PHILLIPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 58 min |
| May 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Russell | 46 min |
| May 15, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 3 hr |
| May 15, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 119 min |
| May 15, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 99 min |
| May 15, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 39 min |
| May 15, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 34 min |
| May 15, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.