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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 1990Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1990, 8:35 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 23, 1990, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 8:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Finney, 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, 1.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1405 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 1990-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 240135
SVRDDC
KSC055-240215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
835 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...FINNEY
 
AT 835 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTOR WAS OVER GARDEN CITY AND ANOTHER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.
BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PRE^PARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 232200
KSZ003-232100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
5 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990

....THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST
    KANSAS...

AT 5 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO
THE COLORADO BORDER IN JOHNSON COUNTY...40 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH A$ND IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE THE NEXT HOUR. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND THE POSSIBLITY OF SMALL HAIL.

GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 232330
KSZ003-240030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
630PM CDT MON APR 23 1990

....THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
    HAIL IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 80 MILES
WIDE EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KEARNEY COUNTY...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE COLORADO LINE 40 MILES
WEST OF ULYSSES.

STRONGEST STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...40 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES.
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER AT JOHNSON KS...IN STANTON CO....55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY REPORTED A 10 MINUTE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL BEGINNING AT 550 PM CDT. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL.                                        GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 240029
KSZ003-240130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
730 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990

....THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL CONTINUE
    IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 720 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN
FINNEY COUNTY...20 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE
COLORADO LINE 40 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES.

STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY, AND IN SOUTH-
EAST HAMILTON COUNTY...50 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.

THE PUBLIC REPORTS PEA/SIZE HAIL...BUT NOT A GREAT DEAL OF RAIN....
15 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY AT 7 PM CDT. THqESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
GHOLSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny51 min
Apr 23, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman53 min
Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards40 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.