Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Finney, 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.
- 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
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.
GHOLSONSpecial 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. GHOLSONSpecial 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.
GHOLSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 46 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.