Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 13, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton 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 13, 10:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Barton, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCNK 140315
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KSC009-140345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1015 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
BARTON
AT 1015 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND OR JUST EAST OF HOISINGTON MOVING
EAST AT 10 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 WHICHy 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, Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 721 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 TORNADO WATCH 359 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CEN TRAL KANSAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO GREAT BEND. AT 720 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 724 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 457 FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED. IT APPEARS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OR MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 459 FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS CONTINUES UNTIL 1AM CDT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 837 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 TORNADO WATCH 359 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO GREAT BEND. ADDITIONALLY A NEW TORNADO WATCH 360 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING REPUBLIC CLOUD OTTAWA WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM. AT 830 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR BEATRICE TO NEAR HEBRON IN NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN BARTON COUNTY NEAR GREAT BEND AND HOISINGTON. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT BEEN DETE7RMINED. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ007-008-010-011-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 914 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 TORNADO WATCH 359 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO GREAT BEND. ADDITIONALLY A NEW TORNADO WATCH 360 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING REPUBLIC CLOUD OTTAWA WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM. AT 910 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND NEAR CLAFLIN TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR PAWNEE ROCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO PARTS OF RICE AND AND ELLSWORTH COUNTIES BY 945 PM. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 915 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AS OF 910 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN NORTHEAST OR EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:07 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ013>016-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1005 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE JUST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA BORDER OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN CENTRAL KANSAS FROM JUST WEST OF SALINA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE OR MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIUGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE UNSTABLE TONIGHT AND SEVERE WEATHER COULD BUILD RAPIDLY. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 12:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 33 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.