Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 11:22 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1990, 11:22 PM MDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1990, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny 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 26, 11:35 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Hamilton, KS | |
| Jun 26, 11:58 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Kearny, 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 2563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 270549
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-270615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1222 AM CDT (1122 PM MDT) WED JUN 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT (1215 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHERN HAMILTON...NORTHERN KEARNY
AT 1222 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY ABOUT 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE IN NORTHERN
KEARNY COUNTY BY 1240 AM CDT.
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.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 26, 5:26 PM MDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ003-006-270025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 627 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 ...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 615 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH- CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...30 TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. LITTLE MOVEMENT IS INDICATED AT 620 CDT. INSTEAD...THE STORM APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ003-006-270125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 725 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AND RE-BUILD IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 715 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST FORD COUNTY. THIS STORM IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING...BUT IS GAINING STRENGTH RAPIDLY. THE STRONG STORM OVER NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY LAST HOUR SHOWED SOME MOVEMENT...OR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST...BUT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISSIPATED. AS WITH THE EARLIER STRONG THUNDERSTORM, BRIEF HARD RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEW THUNDERSTORM. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ003-006-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 AT 725 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTVITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS DISSIPATED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FROM THE DODGE CITY OFFICE, PENDING RE-DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ003-006-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION 1ST LINE...TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990 AT 825 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTVITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAD DISSIPATED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FROM THE DODGE CITY OFFICE, PENDING RE-DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. GHOLSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 4:00 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 5 hr |
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.