Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 7:52 AM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTDA 061252 SVRTOP KSC045-087-061400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 752 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDER- STORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHERN JEFFERSON IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... DOUGLAS AT 745 AM CDT WIND GUSTS OF 75 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AT BILLARD AIRPORT IN TOPEKA. 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, Jun 6, 3:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 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, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:52 AM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ013-015-061145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 551 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9AM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT AROUND 5:35 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HORTON ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...ACROSS ATCHINSON... ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...THEN ON IN THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. QUARTER-INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERRIFF OF BROWN COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 530 THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STORMS IN THIS BAND AS THE MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE AROSS THE HORTON AND TROY AREAS...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA FROM AROUND 6 AM TO 630 AM. ANOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE WEST OF MARYSVILLE IN MARSHALL COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVdY RAINS ARE LIKELY IN THE MARYSVILLE AREA BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN MARSHALL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-061300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 643 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 396 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 640 AM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO NEAR CLAY CENTER TO MANHATTAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. KLEYLA
Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:26 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 725 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 TIMES CDT EVENT LOCATION 555 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL WASHINGTON COUNTY. NEAR HANOVER MP
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, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 54 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.