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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 21, 1989, 9:29 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
- May 21, 1989, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stevens, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 220231
TORDDC
KSC129-189-220330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
929 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHEASTERN MORTON...STEVENS
AT 930 PM CDT / 830 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS PRODUCING
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WAS 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
THE STORM WILL BE IN NORTHWEST STEVENS COUNTY IN 10 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENTm. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 40 min |
| May 21, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 51 min |
| May 21, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 29 min |
| May 21, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Haskell | 43 min |
| May 21, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 43 min |
| May 21, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 63 min |
| May 21, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 66 min |
| May 21, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 66 min |
| May 21, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 43 min |
| May 21, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 49 min |
| May 21, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 49 min |
| May 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 58 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.