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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 1989Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1989, 9:12 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 24, 1989, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1989, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman 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
Jun 24, 9:17 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 53Sherman, KS
Jun 24, 9:18 PM CDTHail 1Cheyenne, KS
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Sherman, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1989-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1239 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1989-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan61 min
Jun 24, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman56 min
Jun 24, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas64 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.