Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1990, 9:57 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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 18, 1990, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott 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 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lane, KS | |
| May 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Scott, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 190257
SVRGLD
KSC171-101-190400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
957 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SCOTT...LANE
AT 950 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
EAST OF SCOTT CITY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTT CITY..MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY
THE SCOTT COUNTY S.D. 7 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY WITH THIS
STORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 45 MPH.
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.
FREIBURGERWhat 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 18, 5:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-182300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 458 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 266 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS... AT 455PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER..RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN AN AREA 10 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATWOOD. HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLA1ND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-190000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 555 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 266 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS... AT 550PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER NORTHWEST OF WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND.. 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATWOOD. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND..JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ATWOOD SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY TO NEAR SCOTT CITY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, May 18, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-190000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 730 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 1990 AT 730 PM MDT A DEEP LOW PRESSURE PASSING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WAS CAUSING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 60 MPH RECORDED AT GOODLAND AIRPORT DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. A FEW SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AT 730 PM MDT. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness | 31 min |
| May 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 61 min |
| May 18, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Ness | 63 min |
| May 18, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness, Trego | 61 min |
| May 18, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 58 min |
| May 19, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rush | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.