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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 1989Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1989, 4:00 PM CDT for Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
May 16, 1989, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 4:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Barber, 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 162102
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-025-162200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...SOUTHERN BARBER...SOUTHERN COMANCHE
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...SOUTHERN CLARK
 p
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton68 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens56 min
May 15, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward61 min
May 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.