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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 9, 1990Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1990, 4:48 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
Apr 9, 1990, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1990, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Finney 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 5:02 PM CDTHail 0.75Finney, 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 092148
SVRDDC
KSC055-092230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...FINNEY
 
AT 445 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY.
THIS STORM CONTAINS ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ARRIVE THE
HOLCOMB..GARDEN CITY AREA BY 515 PM.
 
 
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 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, Apr 9, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ003-092100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
307 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 3 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A FEW RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM IS ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GARDEN CITY...IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...12 MILES NOTRTH OF SYRACUSE.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER STRENGTH...ARE TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF GA&RDEN CITY ...ABOUT 30 MILES ...IN NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY.
ALL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:07 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ003-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
406 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 4 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST-
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN IN KEARNEY
COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT
CONTINUES MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN SOUTHWEST
KANSAS IS NEWLY-DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY...NEAR THE OKLAHOMA
LINE...55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY.

ALL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ003-092230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
440 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 440 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES
WEST OF GARDEN CITY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL
ARRIVE OVER HOLCOMB AND GARDEN CITY BY 515 PM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEARY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.

PERSONS IN HOLCOMB AND GARDEN CITY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE STORMS
ARRIVAL.

OTHER LESSER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOT SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
NOLLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.