Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 9:37 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1990, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stevens 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 240238
SVRDDC
KSC189-240330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
937 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...NORTHERN STEVENS
AT 940 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULYSSES
NEAR WAGON BED SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS STORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY BY 945 PM CDT AND
THE TOWN OF MOSCOW BY 950 PM CDT.
THE STORM HAS PRODUCED LOST OF LARGE HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER 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 AWARY 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, Jul 23, 5:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 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, 3 hours 19 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, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 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.