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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS

June 7, 1990Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 2:58 AM CDT for Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1990, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2618 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
2618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 070758
SVRGLD
KSC109-203-070900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      SOUTHERN LOGAN...NORTHERN WICHITA

AT 255AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES
SOUTH OF GOODLAND OR NORTH OF SELKIRK ALONG THE WICHITA
LOGAN COUNTY BORDER.  THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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 LIGHT<NING.

FREIBURBER

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 7, 2:09 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-070815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
205 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR MOST
OF NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 100 AM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER NORTHWEST OR
WESTCENTRAL KANSAS..HOWEVER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST
KANSAS OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS 45 MILES SOUTH
OF GOODLAND..JUST SOUTH OF WESKAN AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND
ALONG THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER.

HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM
AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH.

FREIBURGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace63 min
Jun 7, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace55 min
Jun 7, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace50 min
Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Scott48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.