Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1989, 7:09 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 26, 1989, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Finney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Finney, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 270010
TORDDC
KSC055-270045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY
AT 653 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS 11 MILES NORTH OF THE GARDEN CITY
AIRPORT MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY. ..SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 26, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 262033 KSZ003-006-009-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM THE NORTH... AT 330 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING TO SPRING UP ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF AN EAST WEST COLD FRONT WHICH WAS DRAPED ACROSS WEST KANSAS FROM JUST NORTH OF RUSSELL TO NEAR LEOTI AND ON WEST INTO EASTERN COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IN WEST KANSAS WAS ON THE FRONT BETWEEN HILL CITY AND RUSSELL WHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED 40 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF THE DODGE CITY AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS NORTH OF DODGE CITY ARE LIKELY ToO BE CAUSING ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DNGEROUS LIGHTNING AT THIS TIME. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 262214 KSZ003-006-009-262310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF GARDEN CITY... AT 510 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP ALONG THE FRONT AND EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY ON TO THE NORTHEAST TO RUSSELL AND ON ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS. THE STORM NORTH NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 110'0 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 262334 KSZ003-006-009-262400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 635 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...A VEY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF GARDEN CITY... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINED UP ALONG THE FRONT AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY ON EAST TO SOUTH OF RUSSELL. THE STORM NORTH OF GARDEN CITY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO SHELTER. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 67 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.