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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 25, 1990Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1990, 4:34 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1990, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
41 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, 9.6 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 1990-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1990-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -260 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 252135 RRA
TORDDC
KSC083-252215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
434 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          ...WESTERN HODGEMAN
 
THE TORNADO THAT WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF
CIMMARRON KS...20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY CONTINUES MOVING
NORTHEAST...AND IS INTERMITTENTLY ON THE GROUND AND IN THE CLOUD-BASE.
AT LAST REPORT...425 PM CDT THE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BACK ON THE
GROUND OVER OPEN COUNTRY...BUT MOVING INTO WESTERN HODGEMAN
COUNTY...25 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward43 min
Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord44 min
Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman46 min
Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Stevens55 min
Apr 25, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney44 min
Apr 25, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche65 min
Apr 25, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCSeward25 min
Apr 25, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt60 min
Apr 25, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.