Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1989, 3:40 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Sep 8, 1989, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1989, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kiowa, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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, Sep 8, 2:59 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 081959 KSZ003-006-009-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 ....THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY......... AT 250 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS BEGAN IN OKLAHOMA AND CUT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHEAST TOWARDS GREENSBURG KANSAS. THIS 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY STAY EAST OF CLARK COUNTY AS IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER COLDWATER AND GREENSBURG KANSAS BY 3:30 PM AND IF THEY CONTINUE...ARRIVE NEAR PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGHE KANSAS BY 6:PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLES WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:02 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 082002 KSZ003-006-009-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 ....THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY......... AT 250 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS BEGAN IN OKLAHOMA AND CUT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHEAST TOWARDS GREENSBURG KANSAS. THIS 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY STAY EAST OF CLARK COUNTY LAKE AS IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER COLDWATER AND GREENSBURG KANSAS BY 3:30 PM AND IF THEY CONTINUE...ARRIVE NEAR PRATT AND MEDICINEU LODGE KANSAS BY 6:PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 63 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.