Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:01 AM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 7, 1990, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall 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 7, 9:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Marshall, 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 071401
SVRTOP
KSC117-131-071500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
901 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...EASTERN MARSHALL...NEMAHA
AT 858AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY... OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE
KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL
BE MOVING TOWARD FRANKFORT AND SENECA BETWEEN 9 AND 10AM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
bIN 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 7, 7:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 730 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 730 AM CDT A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL WAS 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA. THE LINE WAS FROM JUST WEST OF SUPERIOR NEBRASKA TO JUST WEST OF MANKATO TO BELOIT TO LINCOLN...KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE FROM BELLEVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO JUST WEST OF SALINA BY 8 AM CDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO RUSSELL TO SALINA TO JUNCTION CITY. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:07 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 805 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 805 AM CDT A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL WAS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH CONCORDIA TO SALINA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH A LLNE FROM WASHINGTON TO CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE BY 845 AM CDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO RUSSELL TO SALINA TO JUNCTION CITY. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 828 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 825 AM CDT A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL WAS FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR HERBON NEBRASKA TO CLYDE TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH THE WASHINGTON...CLAY CENTER ABLILENE ENTERPRISE AREAS BY 9 AM. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF LEONARDVILLE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR RILEY BY 845 AM. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO RUSSELL TO SALINA TO JUNCTION CITY. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:36 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ013>016-071430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 835 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GEARY...RILEY AND MARSHALL COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 825 PM CDT A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR IN WESTERN RILEY COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. IT WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR WESTMORELAND BETWEEN 845 AND 9 AM CDT. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE MARYSVILLE - BLUE RAPIDS AREA BETWEE"N 9 AND 930 AM CDT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...NEAR HIAWATHA.... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:49 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 845 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 845 AM CDT A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL WAS 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE LINE WAS FROM FAIRBURY..NEBRASKA TO WASHINGTON... KANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE FROM BEATRCICE NEBRASKA TO MARYSVILLE KANSAS BY 915 AM CDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO RUSSELL TO SALINA TO JUNCTION CITY. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:55 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ013-015-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 855 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR GEARY, RILEY, AND MARSHALL COUNTIES IN KANSAS... AT 848AM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY... OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD SENECA AND SABETHA. STRONG,P GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKEL WITH THESE STORMS... AND THERE IS EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.