Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 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 240201
SVRDDC
KSC067-240245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
901 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN GRANT
AT 900 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 4 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES AND
MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY
AND THE TOWN OF MOSCOW BY 940 PM 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, Jul 23, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ003-232245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 519 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 519 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 50 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE NIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR FORD...HODGEMAN AND CLARK COUNTIES AND ALL COUNTIES WEST OF THAT LINE. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ003-006-240015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 615 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 615 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE NIGHT NIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR FORD...HODGEMAN AND CLARK COUNTIES AND ALL COUNTIES WEST OF THAT LINE. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 53 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.