Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cheyenne, KS | |
| Jun 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Rawlins, 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.
- 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
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.
BOYLEWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 17 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.