Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 6:57 PM CST for Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Geary 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, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Geary, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
657 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...GEARY
AT 655PM THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION
CITY MOVING
TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A KILLER TORNADO. PEOPLE IN GEARY COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFETY!
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCHq OR LOW SPOT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 13, 1:31 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
129 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
STORM REPORTS FOR TUESDAY MAR 13 1990...ALL TIMES CST
7:10 AM LIGHTNING BLEW APART A LARGE TREE IN BURR OAK...PIECES FORM
THE TREE BROKE WINDOWS AND DAMAGED A HOME. JEWELL COUNTY.
11:00 AM 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY THE RICE COUNTY SHERIFF AT LYONS.
RICE COUNTY
11:45 AM A WOODEN SHED WAS BLOWN APART IN NORTH CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY.
WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 60 MPH.
12:12 PM WINDS ESTIMATED TO 50 MPH DAMAGED A SHED NEAR HADDAM.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KASNAS. z SCHNEIDERSpecial weather statement, Mar 13, 2:11 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 211 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AT 205 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING ONLY A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:07 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 306 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST TONIGHT. AT 305 PM RADAR SHOWED NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING 30 MILES NORTHEAST AND 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTE3D TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:58 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 357 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST TONIGHT. AT 355 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR ALTON IN OSBORNE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE NEAR SMITH CENTER BY 5 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:31 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ013-016-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 530 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TIL 10 PM... AT 525PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI AROUND 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR HESSTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST NOR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. KAYS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ013-016-140045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 540 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS TIL 10 PM... A LARGE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND IN CENTRAL KANSAS SINCE 450PM CST. THE PROJECTED PATH OF THIS STORM WOULD PLACE MORRIS COUNTY UNDER DIRECT THREAT OF THIS STORM BY 630PM CST. WITH SUNSET AROUND 630PM, SPOTTERS SHOULD BE TAKING THEIR PLACE IN SOUTHWEST MORRIS COUNTY AT THIS TIME. THE STORM WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW AFTER DARK AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY THEN. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell | 14 min |
| Mar 13, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 6:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 15 min |
| Mar 13, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Saline | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 8:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 39 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.