Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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
- May 11, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Finney 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Finney, KS | |
| May 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Finney, KS | |
| May 11, 9:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 120147
SVRDDC
KSC055-083-120245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHERN FINNEY...WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN
AT 840 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN FINNEY
COUNTY AND WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE
PUBLIC REPORTED LARGE HAIL 5 NW OF GARDEN CITY AT 840 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE 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, May 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 112358 KSZ003-120200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 650 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY AT 650 PM RADAR INDICATED A STORNG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WILL MOST LIKELY PASS OVER THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT BY 710 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS BRIEF VERY STRONG WINDS. ALL OF WESTERN KANSAS IS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NOLLER
Special weather statement, May 11, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 120043 KSZ003-120200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO CROSS INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM COLORADO... AT 740 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY IN THE FINNEY COUNTY PANHANDLE. THIS STORM DROPPED PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVED OVER THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HODGEMAN COUNTY BY 8 PM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LESSER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KANSAS FROM COLORADO. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE COLORADO BORDER BETWEEN TRIBUNE AND JOHNSON KANSAS BY 8 PM. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE IEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 740 PM BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 PM CDT. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 41 min |
| May 11, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 41 min |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 32 min |
| May 11, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 43 min |
| May 11, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 44 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.