Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 5:36 AM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 6, 1990, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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 6, 5:55 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washington, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCNK 061036
SVRCNK
KSC201-061130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
536 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN WASHINGTON
AT 533 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR HANOVER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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 INC>H IN DIAMETER...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
NAMEWhat 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 6, 2:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 241 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 AT 235 AM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BORDER FROM NEAR ALMA NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES WEST OF RED CLOUD NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS FROM NEAR TOPEKA TO MANHATTAN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 322 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 AT 315 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED CLOUD NEBRASKA. THIS THUNDE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:11 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ013-015-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 510 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9AM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. RADAR AT 5 AM SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LEAVENWORTH. THIS LINE THEN CONTINUED INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN HOLTON AND VALLEY FALLS OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER JACKSON... NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 6 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO BROWN COUNTY BY 6 AM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:13 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ013-015-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ISSUE DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 510 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9AM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. RADAR AT 5 AM SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LEAVENWORTH. THIS LINE THEN CONTINUED INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN HOLTON AND VALLEY FALLS OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER JACKSON... NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 6 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO BROWN COUNTY BY 6 AM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 38 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.