Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1990, 5:53 PM CDT for Haskell County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
- May 18, 1990, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haskell County, KS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:08 PM CDT | Hail 1 | 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 182253 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC081-175-182330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
553 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL...NORTHERN SEWARD
AT 550 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL MOVING
NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST HASKEL COUNTY BY 605 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.
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 18, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TTAAKS KDDC 182130 KSZ006-003-009-182230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS HAD JUST FORMED AND MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:14 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ006-003-009-182315 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 515 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE JUST 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERAL AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL REACH LIBERAL KANSAS BY 540 PM CDT. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE HWEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Hodgeman | 52 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.