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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 7:47 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 13, 1990, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Comanche, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 140046
SVRDDC
KSC033-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
747 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...SOUTHWESTERN COMANCHE
AT 742 RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 50 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PROTECTION KANSAS.
THIS STORM HAS THE CAPACITY OF DROPPING ONE INCH TO 2 INCH HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL ARRIVE COLDWATER
KANSAS BY 830 PM CDT.
IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION TAKEw COVER IMMEDIATELY
IN A REINFORCED SHELTER.
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.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 13, 7:22 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-101010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM OKLAHOMA... AT 719 PM RADAR INDICATED TOW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO CROSS THE KANSAS BORDER 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST SOUTH OF PROTECTION KANSAS. THE TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOLLOWING EACH OTHER AND WERE HEADING NORTHEAST TOWARDS COLDWATER KANSAS AND SHOULD ARRIVE COLDWATER AROUND 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WIND. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARK..COMMANCHE..BARBER PRATT AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 1 AM. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 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.