Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1990, 11:17 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 18, 1990, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush 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, 11:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rush, 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
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 18, 5:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 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, 2 hours 44 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, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane, Scott | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness, Trego | 61 min |
| May 19, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rush | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.