Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1990, 9:39 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 19, 1990, 9:39 PM MDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM MDT | Tornado F2 | Hamilton, 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KDDC 200339
TORDDC
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1039 PM CDT (939 PM MDT) TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT (1015 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN HAMILTON
AT 1040 PM CDT//940 PM MDT THE VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY CONTINUES TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO ON ITS
SOUTHERN EDGE. THIS PART OF THE STORM IS CROSSING HAMILTON COUNTY
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER AND STAY THERE UNTIL
NOTIFIED THAT IT IS SAFE TO COME OUT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 9:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 10:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 35 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.