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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS

May 21, 1989Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1989, 8:46 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1989, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush 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
May 21, 9:28 PM CDTHail 1Ellis, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 1989-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2824 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 00:00Z on 1989-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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, May 21, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-220000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
5 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 1989

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN
COLORADO SINCE 330 PM MDT. THESE STORM ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT
30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY 6 PM MDT..MAINLY IN WALLACE
AND GREELEY COUNTIES FIRST. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO MORE FAVORABLE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDqERSTORMS AND PERSONS IN FAR
WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENT OR POSSIBLY WARNING.

DORSEY

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.