Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 9:16 AM CST for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
916 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
...KIOWA
AT 920 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENSBURG OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO GREENSBURG BY 930 AM.
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
DEADLFY 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, Mar 13, 4:11 AM CST, 5 hours 5 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, 3 hours 33 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
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:19 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ003-131320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR EASTERN GRAY... HODGEMAN... AND PAWNEE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 545 AM CST. THOSE STORMS HAVE MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD. HOWEVER...A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED IN EASTERN GRAY COUNTY. RADAR ALSO INDICATES A POSSIABILITY OF LARGE HAIL JUST EAST OF CIMARRON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR EASTER GRAY COUNTY, EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 35 MPH. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:48 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ003-131345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR EASTERN GRAY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CST AND NOT BE EXTENDED. SMALL HAIL HAS FALLEN IN THE CIMARRON KS. AREA IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS JUDGED NOW TO BE AT AN END FOR THE TIME BEING. STRONGEST ACTIVITY IN THE EARLIER LINE OF STORMS HAS MOVED FUAR TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:07 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ003-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 800 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ....THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTH WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS TOWARDS DODGE CITY AND PRATT KANSAS...... AT 8 AM RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKE PASS OVER OR JUST TO THE EAST OF DODGE CITY BY 9 AM AND INTO THE PRATT KANSAS AREA BY BEFORE 9AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE IN A STRAIGHT LINE EXTENDING SOUTH FROM DODGE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING AND STAY CLOSE TO STRONG SHELTER. A LARGE PO]RTION OF THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 AM. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:41 AM CST, 35 minutes before
KSZ003-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 835 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ....VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO CROSS THE LINE INTO KANSAS SOUTH OF DODGE CITY HEADING DIRECTLY FOR ASHLAND KANSAS.......... AT 830 AM CST RADAR SHOWED SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST ON THE OKLAHOMA LINE, 60 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS ASHLAND AND PROTECTION KANSAS AND WILL BE ARRIVING THOSE COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 9 AND 930 AM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS ON CLARK COUNTY LAKE THIS MORNING SHOULD VACATE THE LAKE AND SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 AM. NOLLER
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, 6:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 8:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 14 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.