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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 5:08 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 10, 1989, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stafford 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 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stafford, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 102207
SVRDDC
KSC185-102300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
508 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...NORTHERN STAFFORD
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DRIFTED INTO NORTH STAFFORD COUNTY OR
30 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. RADIUM AND THE CITY OF SEWARD WERE IN
THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOW TO THE EAST.
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.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, Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT... AT 325 PM CDT...A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LARNED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. LARNED IS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT KANSAS. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HO5UR. RYBA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 28 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.