Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 9:18 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1990, 9:18 PM MDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 9:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 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 020318
SVRGLD
KSC181-020345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
918 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN SHERMAN
AT 915 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS
WITH GUSTS TO OVER 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM AS WELL AS SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS.
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, 4:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 58 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, 4 hours 39 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, 6:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-020220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 820 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RAWLINS AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS HAVE EXPIRED... AT 817 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NEBRAKA AND ARE ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ONLY SOME RAINSHOWERS WERE IN WESTERN KANSAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVLOP. BOYLE
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 730 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990 STORM REPORT FOR JUN 1 1990 .....ALL TIMES ARE MDT..... 1705 MDT...HAIL 1.75 9SW GOODLAND................SHERMAN COUNTY. 1707 MDT...HAIL .75 AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT......SHERMAN COUNTY. 1712 MDT...HAIL 1.75 21/2 S 11/2 W GOODLAND......SHERMAN COUNTY. 1727 MDT...HAIL 1.75 1W 5S GOODLAND..............SHERMAN COUNTY. 1737 MDT...HAIL .75 E SIDE GOODLAND..............SHERMAN COUNTY. 1830 MDT...HAIL 1.00 12 S BIRD CITY..............CHEYENNE COUNTY. 1845 MDT...HAIL 1.75 5 S MC DONALD...............RAWLINS COUNTY. 1855 MDT...HAIL 1.75 2 E MC DONALD...............RAWLINS COUNTY. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:47 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ001-002-020340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 945 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 935 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINS WERE ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS OR JUST WEST OF ST FRANCIS KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WERE PART OF AN LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENED NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRAKSA. SOME SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT THIS EVENING. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NEAR GOODLAND AND NORTHWEST OF COLBY KANSAS. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 48 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.