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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 1990Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 21, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1990, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Seward 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 3:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Seward, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1990-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 607 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 1990-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 212002
TORDDC
KSC175-212030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...SEWARD
 
A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NORTH OF LIBERAL KANSAS.
MOVEMENT UNKNOWN.
 
 
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
Jun 21, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade66 min
Jun 21, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark51 min
Jun 21, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens55 min
Jun 21, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward59 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward49 min
Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward46 min
Jun 21, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee62 min
Jun 21, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman67 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.