Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1989, 4:09 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 6, 1989, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Clark, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Aug 6, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 061950 KSZ003-006-050720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 245 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1989 AT 240 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN KANSAS MOVING TO THE SOTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD PASS OVER OR JUST TO THE NORTH EAST OF LAKIN BY 330 PM AND BE IN THE HOLCOMB..GARDEN CITY VICINITY BY 4 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SOME SMALL HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. NORTHERN KEARNY AND NORTHWEST FINNEY COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A FORTIFIED SHELTER OR A BASEMENT AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED IF THE NEED ARISES. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 51 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.