Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1990, 10:02 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 24, 1990, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward 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 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Seward, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 250304 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC175-250345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1002 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN SEWARD
AT 10 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY AT LIBERAL. THIS STORM IS ON THE SOUTHERN
OUTSKIRTS OF LIBERAL AT 10 PM CDT. LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER AT LIBERAL
REPORTS SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT 10 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.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 24, 5:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 242256 KSZ003-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS EAST OF DODGE CITY... AT 550 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY SOUTH THROUGH THE DODGE CITY AREA AND ON TO A POINT 25 MIES WEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. THE NAD WAS NOT MOVING WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING NORTH NOTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ID YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. A TORNADO RWATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 242312 COR KSZ003-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT......CORRECTED TYPOS........... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS EAST OF DODGE CITY... AT 550 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY SOUTH THROUGH THE DODGE CITY AREA AND ON TO A POINT 25 MILES WEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. THE BAND WAS NOT MOVING WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING NORTH NOTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 250008 KSZ003-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 608 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ... AT 6 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 60 MILES WIDE EAST OF HILL CITY SOUTH THROUGH THE DODGE CITY AREA AND ON SOUTH ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA LINE NORTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA. THE BAND SHOWS LITTLE MOVEMENT WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 8:02 PM CDT, 2 hours before
TTAAKS KDDC 250102
KSZ003-250200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
704 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
....THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING RAPIDLY IN STRENGTH IN SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT TILL 11 PM...
AT 7 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A WEAK DISSIPATING SHOWER 25 MILES EAST
OF DODGE CITY AND AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
JUST NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA LINE IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COMMANCHE
AND BARBER COUNTIES...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT.
HOWEVER...THERE ARE STRONGER STORMS TO THE SOUTH OVER THE EAST END
OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THAT WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EASTERN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT ABOtUT 25 MPH.
GHOLSONSpecial weather statement, Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 250114 COR
KSZ003-250200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT......CORRECTION....TIME....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
804 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
....THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING RAPIDLY IN STRENGTH IN SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT TILL 11 PM...
AT 8 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A WEAK DISSIPATING SHOWER 25 MILES EAST
OF DODGE CITY AND AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
JUST NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA LINE IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF COMMANCHE
AND BARBER COUNTIES...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT.
HOWEVER...THERE ARE STRONGER STORMS TO THE SOUTH OVER THE EAST END
OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THAT WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EASTERN COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
GHOLSONSpecial weather statement, Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 250223 KSZ003-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 920 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #153 NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY LINE...BUT STILL IN EFFECT TILL 11 PM FOR REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 915 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A NEW FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE ...AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY...EXTENDING SOUTH INTO THE EAST END OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. STRONGER STORMS ARE IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL AND ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MEADE COUNTY 20 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL. THESE NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. GHOLSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Stevens | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 41 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.