Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 4:02 PM CDT for Ford 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 14, 1990, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford 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 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ford, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 142102
SVRDDC
KSC057-142145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
402 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTH CENTRAL FORD
AT 400 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
NORTH-CENTRAL FORD COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
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 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 305 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL.... AT 3 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN BEAVER COUNTY, OK. MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THIS COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MEADE CO., KS...20 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KS...NO LATER THAN 320 PM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. GHOLSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 43 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.