Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 7:46 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 19, 1990, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee 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 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pawnee, 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 74 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
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 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 200045
SVRDDC
KSC145-200115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
746 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE
AT 745 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES WEST OF LARNED AND
MOVING EAST INTO THE LARNED AREA. THIS STORM WAS 25 MILES WEST OF
GREAT BEND AND MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL
BE IN LARNED BY 755 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS zOF 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, Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ003-006-192230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
....SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BREWING OVER SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...
AT 450 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER FROM
JUST EAST OF DODGE CITY ALL THE WAY WEST INTO EASTERN COLORADO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER OVER
SYRACUSE IN CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF GARDEN
CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..d.DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ003-006-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 530 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ....SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO 20 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY AND WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIBERAL...OVER HUGOTON AND MOSCOW. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ003-006-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ....SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 630 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GOODLAND TO GREAT BEND AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO BEAVER OKLAHOMA. THEY WERE MOVING EST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM A POINT 20 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY NEAR CIMARRON SOUTH TO A POINT 10 MILES WEST OF BEAVER OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:08 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ003-006-200030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
705 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE
FROM GARDEN CITY TO PRATT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
AT 705 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WERE
IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NESS CITY SOUTH TO BEAVER OKLAHOMA AND THE
BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE OVER SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY AND IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM A POINT
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OVER THE TOWN OF FORD DUE SOUTH INTO
THE OKALHOMA PANHANDLE TO JUST EAST OF BEAVER.E
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY.
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 7:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ003-006-200100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE
FROM GARDEN CITY TO PRATT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
AT 730 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL TO BEAVER OKLAHOMA. THE BAND WAS MOVING EAST
AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN
NESS COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF NESS CITY AND IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM
KINSLEY SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF BUFFALO OKLAHOMA.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROAZCHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY.
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.