Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 7:12 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 15, 1990, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lane, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, May 15, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 210 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990 AT 205PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO 40 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND STRATTON AND EXTENDING NORTH TO THE WRAY AREA, AND SOUTH TO THE WILD HORSE AREA. MOVEMENT IS EAST 30MPH. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST KANSAS AREA WEST OF JGOODLAND AND ST FRANCIS BY 3PM MDT. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 345 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY HAS ENDED. AT 345PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND AND HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 325 PM MDT. AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDMERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990 AT 420PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9PM MDT. NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AT THIS TIME. 4 MILES SOUTH OF RULETON AT 326PM MDT HAIL DIME SIZE WAS REPORTED WITH THE GROUND COVERED. THE HAIL KNOCKED OUT THE WINDOWS IN HIS PICK-UP. MYERS
Local storm report, May 15, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
425 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990
STORM REPORT FOR MAY 15 1990 .....ALL TIMES ARE MDT.....
1522 MDT...1 INCH HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH RULETON.....SHERMAN COUNTY.
1526 MDT...1 INCH HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH RULETON COVERED THE GROUND.
HAIL KNOCKED OUT THE WINDOWS OF A PICK-UP TRUCK.
MYERSSpecial weather statement, May 15, 6:31 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ002-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 530 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WALLACE COUNTY HAS ENDED. AT 530PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WALLACE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST LOGAN COUNTY. THIS IS 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT CONTINUES EAST 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9PM MDT. MYERS
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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.