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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

April 23, 1989Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1989, 6:57 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1989, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Norton County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1989-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1989-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 232357
TORGLD
KSC137-240030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
657 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      EASTERN NORTON

AT 648 PM CDT..A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 2 MILES
EAST OF ALMEDA  IN EASTERN NORTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST.

THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PERSONS NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
SHELTER.

DORSEY

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, Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ001-007-240030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
630 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1989

AT 620 PM CDT..THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR LONG
ISLAND KANSAS..ABOUT 75 MILES NORTH OF HAYS..IN NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY.
TWO UNCONFIRMED REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT GOODLAND CONCERNING THESE
TORNADOS OR FUNNEL CLOUDS.

THE RADAR AT GOODLAND SHOWED A LEVEL ONE RAIN SHOWER WITH TOPS ABOUT 25
THOUSAND FEET IN THE VICINITY OF LONG ISAND..AND THE WEATHER RADAR AT
CONCORDIA ALSO CONFIRMS THAT THE RAIN SHOWER IN THE AREA IS QUITE UNLIKELY
TO PRODUCE A TORNADO.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO DEVELOPING THUNDER/
STORM IN THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NEBRAKSA.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.