Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
300 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 234 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING.

AT 300 AM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN SOME HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS DEADLY LIGHTNING
35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR LINCOLN.  THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE TO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS BY 345 AM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND ALOT
OF DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 20 MILES SOUTH
OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES WEST OF SALINA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS<
WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PHILLIPS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
345 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 234 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING.

AT 345 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS
LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS.  ANOTHER LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR
OSBOURNE AND EXTENDED EASTWARD TO NEAR GOODLAND KANSAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

URBAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
404 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS BEING REPORTED IN THE TOPEKA VICINITY...

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SENECA..ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA
TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA WAS PRODUCING SOME HAIL AT AROUND 4 AM CDT.
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS IN THE TOPEKA VICINITY AND AT WAMEGO
ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA.

THE BAND WAS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE AND MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDESTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

FRANTZ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
435 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 234 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 AM CDT.

AT 435 A 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTH OF BELOIT
TO NEAR PHILLIPSBURG.  HEAVY RAIN..VERY DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS
TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.  THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HUTCHINSON IN SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS.  THIS
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF RICE
AND MCPfHERSON COUNTIES OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA BY 5 AM CDT.
SCHNEIDER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
448 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE QUITE HIGH OVER KANSAS TODAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND
MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. WARM
MOIST AIR IN PLACE THIS MORNING WILL INTERACT WITH WARM DRY AIR FROM
THE SOUTHWEST LATER TODAY. COOL AIR MOVING INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
OVER KANSAS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS TODAY.
IN FACT A FEW TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. EVERYONE SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THE VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY AND KEEP UPDATED ON THE
LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

KAYS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
450 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE RECREATIONAL LAKES OF SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
FORENOON HOURS AND REACH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
BY MIDDAY.

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK THE SAFETY OF PROTECTED INLETS OR REMAIN CLOSE TO
SHORE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

KAYS