Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 10:24 AM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1990, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1990, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 211524
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-211630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1024 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN MEADE
AT 1025 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MEADE IN SOUTHEAST MEADE COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL MOVE INTO ASHLAND IN CLARK COUNTY BY 1045 AM CDT.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHEL|TER 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.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 21, 8:24 AM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ003-006-009-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 820 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ....LIGHT SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY DELAY HARVEST SEVERAL HOURS...... AT 820 AM RADAR WAS INDICATING SOME LIGHT RAINSHOWERS CROSSING SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST TO EAST. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY NEAR PLAINS KANSAS...WITH LIGHT RAIN AROUND THE DOGE CITY TO JETMORE AREA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHT RAIN FELL AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT BUT LAST ONLY 15 MINUTES WITH NO ACCUMULATION. THE LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY DELAY GETTING INTO THE WHEAT FIELDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL SUNSHINE RETURNS LATER THIS MORNING. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 820 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ....LIGHT SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY DELAY HARVEST SEVERAL HOURS...... AT 820 AM RADAR WAS INDICATING SOME LIGHT RAINSHOWERS CROSSING SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST TO EAST. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY NEAR PLAINS KANSAS...WITH LIGHT RAIN AROUND THE DOGE CITY TO JETMORE AREA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHT RAIN FELL AT THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT BUT LAST ONLY 15 MINUTES WITH NO ACCUMULATION. THE LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY DELAY GETTING INTO THE WHEAT FIELDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL SUNSHINE RETURNS LATER THIS MORNING. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-211600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY INTENSIFYING........ AT 915 AM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY OR JUST NORTH OF PLAINS KANSAS. THIS STORM HAS BEEN BUILDING IN SIZE AND STRENGTH OVER THE LAST HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND 3O TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH SMALL HAIL MAY BE CONTAINED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER DIMINISHING RAINSOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM DODGE CITY SOUTHWEST TO THE OKLAHOMA LINE...WITH MOST OF MEADE COUNTY RECEIVING RAINFALL. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS MORNINGS SHOWERS AND THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN MEADE COUNTY. BEHIND THE EASTERLY MOVING SHOWERS SKIES ARE SUNNY. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:47 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-211600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 945 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL MOVING EAST ALONG OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTHWEST /KANSAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:48 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-211600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 945 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL MOVING EAST ALONG OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 945 AM CDT RDAR WAS INDICATING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN PLAINS AND MEADE KANSAS MOVING STRAIGHT EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 5 MILES IN DIAMETER AND CONTAINS HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WILL BE OVER MEADE BY 10 AM AND OVER CLARK COUNTY LAKE BY 11 AM. PERSONS AHEAD OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO A STRONG SHELTER AND FOR THOSE ON THE LAKE THEY SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LESSER LIGHT RAIN1 SHOWERS STRETCHED FROM MEADE NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY TO KINSLEY. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:21 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-211630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1018 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM STALLED NORTH OF OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR MEADE.... AT 1015 AM CDT RADAT INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS SLOWED ITS EASTERLY MOVEMENT AND BECOME NEARLY STALLED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST SOUTH OF MEADE KANSAS. VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ANDv TORRENTIAL RAINS RE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MEADE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCEDSHELTER AND WAIT THE STORM OUT. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 67 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.