Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 12:02 AM CST for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 12:02 AM CST (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 130604
TORTOP
KSC087-130630-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1202 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...CENTRAL AND EASTERN JEFFERSON
SPOTTERS AND WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
JUST NORTH OF PERRY KANSAS IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LATEST REPORT WAS OVER PERRY LAKE
DAM.
PERSONS IN MCLOUTH AND OSKALOOSA SHOULD TAKE COVER 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.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 12, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 26 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.