Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1990, 6:23 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray 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, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gray, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 092323
SVRDDC
KSC069-100000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY
AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM 15 MILES WEST OF
DODGE CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS INGALLS AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM WAS LESS THEN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF INGALLS KANSAS AND SHOULD BE
OVER INGALLS BY 645 PM. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL IS LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, 3 hours 15 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, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 42 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
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ003-092300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS.......
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #114 IN EFFECT TILL 10 PM
AT 530 PM CDT AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS INGALLS
KANSAS AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD ARRIVE INGALLS BY 6PM.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEARY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.
PERSONS IN PIERCEVILLE AND INGALLS KANSAS 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. NOLLERSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 6:14 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ003-092350-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
610 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
...THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE DODGE CITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY 645 PM...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #114 IN EFFECT TILL 10 PM
AT 610 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINS
AND GUSTY WINDS 20 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.
THE TRI-CITY AREA OF CIMARRON..ENSIGN AND DODGE CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
APPROACHING STORMS AND RAINSHOWERS AND CAN EXPECT THEIR ARRIVAL BY 645 PM.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR A
BRIEF PERIOD OF BAD WEATHER.
OTHER LESSER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOT SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NOLLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.