Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 5:28 PM CST for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado F5 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Mar 13, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado F5 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Mar 13, 5:55 PM CST | Hail 2.5 | Mcpherson, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCNK 132328
TORCNK
KSC113-140015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
528 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON
AT 523 PM CST A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF
MOUNDRIDGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE
TO MOUNDRIDGE BY 545 PM AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY
BY 615 PM. THIS TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES SOUTH OF
SALINA KANSAS IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
BASEMENTS OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. SMALL ROOMS NEAR THE
CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE ALSO FAIRLY
SAFE. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES OFFER NO SHELTER...SO LEAVE THEM.
EVEN A DITCH OR LOW PLACE IS SAFER THAN A MOBILE HOME OR CAR.
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PEOPLE
NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. FIND
SHELTER BELOW GROUND LEVEL...IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
PHILLIPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 33 min |
| Mar 12, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Rice | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 38 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.