Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 10:23 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1989, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 262214 KSZ003-006-009-262310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF GARDEN CITY... AT 510 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP ALONG THE FRONT AND EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY ON TO THE NORTHEAST TO RUSSELL AND ON ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS. THE STORM NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 110'0 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 262334 KSZ003-006-009-262400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 635 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...A VEY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF GARDEN CITY... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP ALONG THE FRONT AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY ON EAST TO SOUTH OF RUSSELL. THE STORM NORTH OF GARDEN CITY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO SHELTER. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 60 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.