Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 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 KGLD 242349
SVRGLD
KSC051-250030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
649 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
ELLIS
AT 647 PM MARBLE TO GULF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN SOUTHWEST PART OF HAYS KANSAS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. TORNADOS REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM
THIS AND OTHER STORMS. GO IMMEDIATELY TO A REINFORCED SHELTER.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY
RAIN..AND LIGHTNING.
BOYLEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ005-007-008-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 430 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 420 PM CDT RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS KANSAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HAYS KANSAS AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HAYS WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS. CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ005-007-008-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 450 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 445 PM CDT RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS KANSAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN THE HAYS AREA AND ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS NEAR LA CROSSE KANSAS. THESE STO-RMS COULD PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAINS, STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND THE STORMS WILL LIKELY SPEAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF ROOKS COUNTY BY 515 PM THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ007-008-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 515 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 510 PM CDT RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS KANSAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN THE HAYS AREA, AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING A LITTLE MORkE NORTHERLY AT 25 MPH AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS, SOME HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KSZ007-008-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 535 PM CDT RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS KANSAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS, JUST SOUTH OF STOCKTON KANSAS IN ROOKS COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE IN RUSH COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL, STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS, SOME HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 625 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROOKS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 615 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROOKS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE STORM MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY AND WEAKENING. GULF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH @STRONG WINDS 10 MILES EAST OF STOCKTON EARLIER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE HAYS AREA AND EAST OF PHILLPSBURG OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
KSZ007-008-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 646 PM CDT TUE APR 24 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 153 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 154 FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 645 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HAYS AND 30 TO 60 MILES NORTH OF HAYS, WEST OF STOCKTON AND NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS, SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BOYLE
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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.