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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 6, 1989Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1989, 4:50 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 6, 1989, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 1989, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Seward 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
Jun 6, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado F3	Seward, KS
Jun 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Stevens, KS
Jun 6, 5:20 PM CDT	Hail 2	Seward, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 062151
TORDDC
KSC175-189-062215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...SOUTHERN SEWARD...EASTERN STEVENS
 
AT 447 PM CDT A TORNADO HAD TOUCHED DOWN JUST BRIEFLY 2 MILES WEST OF
MOSCOW MOVING EAST. IN ADDITION RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES
WEST OF LIBERAL MOVING EAST. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  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.
 
j?+CYSSAOCYSe	2TTAA00 KCYS 062151
CYS SP 2149 65 SCT M90 BKN 250 OVC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	50 min
Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	65 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	40 min
Jun 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Seward	27 min
Jun 6, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.