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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 1990Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1990, 7:34 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1990, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1990, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1990-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 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 1990-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 120137
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-120215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
834 PM CDT (734 PM MDT) FRI MAY 11 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT (815 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY
 
AT 830 PM RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY KANSAS OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER KENDALL KANSAS BY 845
PM AND LAKIN KANSAS BY 9PM.
 
HAIL IS VERY LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman60 min
May 11, 7:49 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney41 min
May 11, 7:58 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney32 min
May 11, 8:02 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGray43 min
May 11, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman44 min

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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.