Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1989, 7:46 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1989, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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 00:00Z, 0.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 150046
TORGLD
KSC137-150130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
746 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN NORTON
AT 740 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY SIGHTED BY THE
PUBLIC ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF NORTON KANSAS.
THE TORNADO TUCHED DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE CLOUDS.
FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BASEMENTS OFFER BEST PROTECTION. SMALL
ROOMS NEAR THE CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDING ARE ALSO FAIRLY SAFE.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES OFFER NO SHELTER..SO LEAVE THEN. EVEN A
DITCH OR LOW PLACE IS SAFER THEN A MOBILE HOME OR CAR.
BOYLEWhat 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, Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 142123 KSZ002-1402220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 AT 410 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE STORM WAS IN SOUTHWEST LOGAN COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY MOVE SOUTHEAST. HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF TRIBUNE KANSAS IN GREELEY COUNTY ABO!UT 55 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 142254 KSZ002-1402350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 553 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WICHITA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 545 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN AND MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS REPORTED IN LEOTI KANSAS. SOME SMALL HAIL OR HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 142313 KSZ002-1402345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 614 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 605 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. HAIL WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN LEOTI FROM AN EARLIER STORM. WITH HEAVY RAINS POOLING OF WATER ALONG ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 142337 KSZ002-005-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 635 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 625 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN OVER WICHITA COUNTY NORTH OF LEOTI ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A ISOLATED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 60 MILES EAST .SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS EAST OF OAKLEY ALONG I-70. HEAVY RAINS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM MOVES EAST AT 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 150009 KSZ004-005-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 710 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 700 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS IN DECATUR COUNTY.. NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN KANSAS. ANOTHER STORM WAS NORTH OF NORTON KANSAS. MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY BE EAST. HEAVYa RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rooks | 3 hr |
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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.