Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 26, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellsworth 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 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ellsworth, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 773 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 270030
SVRCNK
KSC053-270115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
730 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN ELLSWORTH
AT 730 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO
BE CENTERED 40 WEST SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH. 3/4TH INCH HAIL OR PERHAPS LARGER IS
FALLING FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST UNDER 10
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL REACH ELLSWORTH SHORTLY.
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.
ADAMSWhat 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 26, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 428 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 AT 428 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THE TWO STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOISINGTON AND SOME 15 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND. MOVEMENT SHOULD BE TO THE NORTHEAST OR EAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN STRENGTH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 524 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 AT 524 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY WERE CENTERED 40 EAST OF HAYS OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF WILSON RESERVOIR AND 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR JUST NORTH OF LINDSBORG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF GIVING VERY HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST UNDER 15 MPH WITH A DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH. THE WEST THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE UP ACROSS WILSON RESERVOIR AND INTO WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY BY 535 PM. THE EAST THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH THE SALINA AREA BY 550 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS STAY ALERT AND BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITONS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM IN SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 602 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS HAD BECOME STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 5 AND 6 O'CLOCK. AT 6PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION CITY TO EMPORIA TO 50 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE. HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING WEST OF JUNCTION CITY...AND ALSO SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. THE STORMS ARE PREDICTED TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:43 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 643 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING JUNCTION CITY AT 635 THIS EVENING. THE STORM DROPPED SMALL HAIL AT CHAPMAN EARLIER...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS IT CROSSES JUNCTION CITY AROUND 7 O'CLOCK. THE JUNCTION CITY STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF A DEVELOPING 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF STORMS THAT REACHED F ROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO JUNCTION CITY AND WEST TOWARD SALINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD REACH TOPEKA...MANHATTAN AND LAWRENCE BETWEEN 730 AND 8PM. SCHURR
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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.