Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 6:01 AM CST for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 6:01 AM CST (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray 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 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KDDC 131203 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC069-131245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
601 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...EAST CENTRAL GRAY
RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN GRAY COUNTY...JUST
EAST OF CIMARRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL IS INDICATED WITH
THIS STORM.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERI OR 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, Mar 13, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ003-131100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 410 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 4 AM RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY AND EXTENDING FROM A POINT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...JUST SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA IN GRAY COUNTY...NORTHEASTWARD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE LINE OF FAST-DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD PARALLEL TO THE ARKANSAS VALLEY TO A POINT NEAR GT.BEND KANSAS...70 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM IS CENTERED 30 TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. RADAR INDICATES A STRONG LIKLIHOOD OF HAIL WITH THIS STORM. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 TO 40 MPH. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:43 AM CST, 18 minutes before
KSZ003-131230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRAY CO....HODGEMAN CO. ...PAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM CST... AT 530 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST HODGEMAN COUNTY....35 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY... NORTHEASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SOUTHWEAST NESS CO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD UP THE ENTIRE LINE AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF CIMARRON KS ...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL 2 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 AM. GHOLSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Hodgeman | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 8:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 14 min |
| Mar 13, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.