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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1990, 6:36 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Jun 16, 1990, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith 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 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Smith, KS | |
| Jun 16, 6:49 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Smith, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 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 KCNK 162336 TORCNK KSC183-170015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 636 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS IS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 33 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.