Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 18, 1990, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)

Expired

May 19, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1156 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      WESTERN LINCOLN...RUSSELL

AT 1148 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY THE RUSSELL
POLICE DEPARTMENT.  GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST
SOUTH OF RUSSELL ON THE INTERSTATE.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR
SYLVAN GROVE BY 1245 AM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA SO REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RESERVOIR RECREATIONAL
AREAS.  CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDI

PETERSEN

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
950 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

LAKE WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN
KANSAS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 45 MILES AN HOUR WILL MAKE BOATING DANGEROUS ON AREA LAKES.

WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR OVER MOST OF THE
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MCNULTY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1116 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990

AT 1115 A 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
FROM NEAR NORFOLK NEBRASKA TO JUST NW OF DODGE CITY KANSAS.  THE AREA OF
STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF GRAND
ISLAND NEBRASKA TO ABOUT 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR JUST
SOUTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER.  ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
STORMS.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 270 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO SALINA TO HUTCHINSON.

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THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER ALREADY WET AND STURATED GROUND
AND COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.