Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shawnee 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, 8:35 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Shawnee, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 3393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 080115
TORTOP
KSC177-080200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
813 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...SOUTHERN SHAWNEE
AT 811 PM RADAR INDICATED A VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
SHAWNEE COUNTY BORDER...5 MILES SOUTH OF FORBES FIELD. THIS WARNING
INCLUDES TOPEKA.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THE STORMS
SOUTH OF FORBES FIELD WITH ONE REPORT ON THE SHAWNEE COUNTY LINE AT
U.S. 75 HIGHWAY. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS SO PLEASE TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
FORTUNEWhat 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KSZ013>016-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 521 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER OVERBROOK AT 518PM. OVERBROOK IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. THE STORM WAS CAUSING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON CLINTON LAKE SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A STRONG SHELTER. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CLINTON LAKE AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 6PM. MAY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ013>016-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 545 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 540PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE NEAR CLINTON LAKE TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA OVER AUBURN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER RICHLAND... OR ABOUT ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM 545PM TO 630PM. ALSO... A REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. MAY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 620 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM CDT FOR CLAY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND DICKENSON COUNTY OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 620 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WICHITA TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NO SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED IN NORTH FCENTRAL OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. URBAN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 729 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM CDT FOR CLAY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND DICKENSON COUNTY OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 729 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON TO EAST OF TOPEKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. NO SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED IN NORTH CENTRAL OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. URBAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 69 min |
| Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown, Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 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.