Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 10, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny 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, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Finney, KS | |
| Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Finney, 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 103 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 110125
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-110230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
825 PM CDT (725 PM MDT) JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT (830 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN KEARNY
AT 825 PM CDT A TORNADIC TYPE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH
INTO NORTH KEARNEY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST FINNEY COUNTY OR 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.
HEAVY RAINS DAMAGING WINGS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
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.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, 4 hours 53 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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 620 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9PM AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 620 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED NEAR LARNED AND NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY OR 30 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT EAST 10 MPH. MINOR FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVY RAINS IN LOW AREA ANY DRIVING INTO WATER COVERED ROADS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 720 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 720 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF PRATT IN NORTH STAFFORD COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. MINOR FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVY RAINS IN LOW AREA ANY DRIVING INTO WATER COVERED ROADS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 820 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 820 PM CDT A TORNADIC TYPE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS KEARNEY AND NORTHWEST FINNEY COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. A COUPLE OF TORNADO SIGHTING WERE REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. NO CITIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS WERE IN DANGER AT THIS TIME AS THE STORM WAS OCCURRING OVER OPEN FIELDS. HEAVY RAINS ALSO WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN LOW AREAS. GREGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark | 4 hr |
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.