Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Finney, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 37 min |
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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.