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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 13, 1990Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 8:46 AM CST for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1990, 8:46 AM CST (14:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 9:00 AM CST
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Hodgeman 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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 1990-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 131447 RRA
TORDDC
KSC083-131500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
846 AM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN JETMORE KANSAS REPORTS A TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JETMORE HEADING TOWARDS THE NORTH
.
 
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR
APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY
FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Hodgeman57 min
Mar 13, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee57 min
Mar 13, 6:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray44 min
Mar 13, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa44 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.