Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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
- May 3, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ford, KS | |
| May 3, 9:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ford, KS | |
| May 3, 9:17 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ford, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 040125
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-040230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
825 PM CDT WED MAY 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...FORD...NORTHEASTERN GRAY
A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 2 MILES NORTH OF CIMMARON
IN GRAY COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY TO 15
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 3, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ003-006-030014- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 614 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 10 PM CDT..... VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY IN NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY INTO THE GARDEN CITY AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO, T.V. OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FORU THE LATEST BULLETINS ON THESE STORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ003-006-030110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 637 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 10 PM CDT..... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY OR 8 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO DEERFIELD DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO, T.V. OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST BULLETINS ON THESE STORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 3, 8:17 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ003-006-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 115 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 10 PM CDT..... WARNINGS FOR FINNEY COUNTY HAD EXPIRED BUT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TO MOVE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OUT OF HODGEMAN AND FINNEY COUNTIES INTO GRAY AND FORD COUNTIES. THE MAIN STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO, T.V. OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST BULLETINS ON THESE STORMS. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 66 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.