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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 13, 1990Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 4:48 AM CST for Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
Mar 13, 1990, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 5:45 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gray County, KS, Hodgeman 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
Mar 13, 5:20 AM CSTHail 1Gray, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 1990-03-13Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 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 KDDC 131052 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC145-069-083-131145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...PAWNEE
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...EAST CENTRAL GRAY...CENTRAL HODGEMAN
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM EASTERN GRAY COUNTY
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH HODGEMAN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LAwRGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee57 min
Mar 13, 6:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray44 min
Mar 13, 8:46 AM CSTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman14 min
Mar 13, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa44 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.