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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

June 1, 1990Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 7:27 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1Cheyenne, KS
Jun 1, 7:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Rawlins, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 020027
SVRGLD
KSC023-153-020115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
727 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      CHEYENNE...RAWLINS

AT 725 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND ALONG THE CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS
COUNTY LINE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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.

BOYLE

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, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 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, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ001-002-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KANSAS HAS EXPIRED...

AT 600 PM MDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED.   THE STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST AND HAVE WEAKENED.

THE STORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTHEAST AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GOODLAND AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS ALONG WITH
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.

BOYLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman17 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.