Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 12:12 AM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 2, 1990, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Smith, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 020512
SVRCNK
KSC183-020600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1212 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WESTERN SMITH
AT 1212 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 EAST
OF SMITH CENTER NEAR KENSINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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.
URBANWhat 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, Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1120 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 AT 1120 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES SOUTH/ WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR LOGAN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM COULD REACH THE CLAUDELL AND KENSINGTON AREA IN WESTERN SMITH COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT. MP
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:07 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1206 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM CDT. THE WATCH IS EAST OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO HAYS AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO SALINA TO ALMA AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO SENECA. AT MIDNIGHT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR KIRWIN. THE THUNDER/ STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KENSINGTON AREA BY 1230 AM CDT. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS LIKELY. MP
Nearby
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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.