Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 9:26 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barber 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 090226 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC007-090315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
926 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...SOUTHERN BARBER
AT 920 PM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
SOUTH OF PRATT KANSAS OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL ARRIVE THE KIOWA AND
HAZELTON COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST BARBER COUNTY BY 10 PM.
HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED 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.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, Jun 8, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ003-006-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 755 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY AT 755 PM CDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY JUST SOUTH OF COLDWATER KANSAS. THE STORM HAS DEVELOPED VERY RAPIDLY AND MAY CONTAIN SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. EARLY INDICATIONS SHOW THE STORM MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE VICINITY BY 9PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN CLOSE TO A STRONG SHELTER AND KEEP ABREAST OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER EVENTS THIS EVENING. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:03 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ003-006-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 .THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...... AT 9 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT KANSAS THAT COVERED ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BARBER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRADDLEING THE KS-OK AND MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PASS TO THE SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS AND MOVE INTO THE KIOWA AND HAZELTON COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHWEST BARBER COUNTY BY 930 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE APROACHING STORMS SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO A FORTIFIED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ003-006-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 .THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...... AT 9 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT KANSAS THAT COVERED ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BARBER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRADDLEING THE KS-OK BORDER AND MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PASS TO THE SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS AND MOVE INTO THE KIOWA AND HAZELTON COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST BARBER COUNTY BY 930 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE APROACHING STORMS SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO A FORTIFIED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 39 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.