Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 1990, 11:49 PM CST for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 12, 1990, 11:49 PM CST (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson 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 12, 11:58 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Douglas, KS | |
| Mar 13, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Jefferson, 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 130550
TORTOP
KSC045-087-130615-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1149 PM CST MON MAR 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE BEEN REPORTED
IN WESTERN DOUGLASS COUNTY NEAR BIG SPRINGS AND NEAR 37TH AND
STANLEY ROAD IN EASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY. THE TORNADO OR FUNNEL
CLOUDS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PERRY, LECOMPTON AND BIG
SPRINGS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The 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 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 |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 47 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.