Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton 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, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Stanton, KS | |
| Jun 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Grant, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
000
TTAA00 KDDC 200410
TORDDC
KSC067-187-200445-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...WESTERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN STANTON
AT 11 PM CDT A VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY
CONTINUED TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO. THIS STORM WILL ENTER
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF STANTON COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF GRANT COUNTY BY 1110 PM CDT IT WILL BE NEAR ULYSSES BY 1125 PM
CDT.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.