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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 1990Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 4:50 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1990, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1990, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wallace 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1990-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1990-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 KGLD 152250
SVRGLD
KSC199-152315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
450 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      SOUTHERN WALLACE

AT 448 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
40 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHARON
SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 25 MPH.
THE PRESENT STORM TRACK WILL KEEP IT ALONG THE WALLACE...
GREELEY COUNTY LINE UNTIL 515PM MDT.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAG&ING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY
RAIN..AND LIGHTNING.

MYERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 1:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
May 15, 2:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton65 min
May 15, 2:46 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan59 min
May 15, 3:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton, Phillips66 min
May 15, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman63 min
May 15, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDScott33 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.