Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 4:58 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 1, 1990, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:05 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Sherman, KS | |
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Sherman, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 3029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 1, 4:20 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ001-002-012315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN KANSAS... AT 410 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS JUST NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH SO ALL INTEREST IN WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:39 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ001-002-012335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 438 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN KANSAS... AT 430 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND TO 15 MILES WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH SO ALL INTEREST IN WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 45 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.