Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
302 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 236 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ANTHONY TO
HUTCHINSON TO BELOIT AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BELOIT TO CONCORDIA
TO LEAVENWORTH.  IN ADDITIONA A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 3 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
BETWEEN TOPEKA AND KANSAS CITY AND IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA JUST NORTH AND
WEST OF GRAND ISLAND.

THERE WERE NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...HOWEVER RADID DEV;ELOPMENT COULD OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
MP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 239 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
10 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FOR TONIGHT...

AT 345 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSOURI
RIVER BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH. NO ECHOES WERE INDICATED OVER
THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

HOWEVER TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF KANSAS UNTIL 10
O'CLOCK.

MCNULTY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
405 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

TORNADO WATCH NUMDER 238 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE TORNADO WATCH APPLIES TO
THAT PART OF THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO SALINA TO
NEWTON.

AT 405 PM THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
AND NONE WERE MOVING TOWARD THIS AREA.  HOWEVER VERY UNSTABLE AND
MOIST AIR ALONG WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP RAPIDLY THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND
LIKELY BECOME SEVERE IN LOCAL AREAS.  SO STAY ALERT.

ADAMS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...

AT 450 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR SALINA. THE STORMS
WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH TOWARD OR INTO THE MANHATTAN/
FT RILEY AND JUNCTION CITY AREA AROUND 6PM. NO OTHER STORMS WERE
INDICATED ON WEATHER RADAR SHORTLY BEFORE 5PM...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND VOLATILE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
FORM RAPIDLY JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RiADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

AT 458 PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM BUILDING RAPIDLY
SOME 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.  IT COVERS A PART OF SOUTHWEST
DICKINSON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST SALINE AND NORTHEAST MCPHERSON.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO JUST SOUTH OF ABILENE TO
NEAR NAVARRE BY 520 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS INTENSE STORM BE ALERT AND TAKE
PRECAUTIONS AS NECESSARY.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
THAT PART OF KANtSAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BELLEVILLE
TO SALINA TO NEWTON.
ADAMS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...

AT 505 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR SALINA AND EAST OF
MANHATTAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THE STORM NEAR SALINA WILL MOVE
TO FT RILEY AND JUNCTION CITY AREA AROUND 6PM. THE STORM 6 MILES EAST
OF MANHATTAN...NEAR WAMEGO WILL MOVE ACROSS POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AND INTO
JACKSON COUNTY BY 630 PM CDT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL T.V. AND
RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
FORTUNE