Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1990, 9:16 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 25, 1990, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1990, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson 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 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Anderson, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 260216
SVRTOP
KSC003-260300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
916 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...ANDERSON
AT 915 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 35 MILES OF
OTTAWA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM] HAS
PASSED.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 25, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ016-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 804 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990 AT 800 PM CDT A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA...JUST NORTH OF COLONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS FROM THIS STORM INDICATED THAT IT WAS PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD BEEN REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. PERSONS IN ANDERSON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT AS THIS STORM PASSES. BE PARTICULARLY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND LOCAL FLOODING. MCNULTY
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:49 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 847 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY IN STRENGTH IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOME 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND. DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED BUT A NORTHEAST MOVEMENT SEEMS LIKELY FOR A WHILE BEFORE TURNING MORE EASTWARD. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF BRINGING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES OF BARTON RICE AND MCPHERSON SHOULD BEGIN TO OBSERVE THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITONS AS THEY MOVE INTO SOME PARTS OF YOUR AR EA. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 57 min |
| May 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 53 min |
| May 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 47 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.