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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 8, 1989Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1989, 4:14 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Comanche 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 4:17 PM CDTHail 1Comanche, 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 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1989-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 082114 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC033-082200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
414 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...SOUTHERN COMANCHE
 
AT 414 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF COLDWATER OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 20 MPH OVER OPEN RANGE.
 
LARGE HAIL AND VERY VEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  SOME FLASH
FLOODING WAS LIKELY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS.
 
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. a IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa50 min
Sep 8, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche63 min

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.