Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:33 AM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 8, 1990, 5:33 AM MDT (11:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 57 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 8, 5:40 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Sherman, KS | |
| Jun 8, 6:05 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | 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 00:00Z, 11.6 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 081133
SVRGLD
KSC181-081230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
533 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
SHERMAN
AT 530 AM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORyM WILL MOVE INTO THE GOODLAND AREA AROUND 550 AM MDT.
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.
WORKMANWhat 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, 11:51 PM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ008-080650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1250 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 FOR RUSH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS CANCELLED. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS RUSH COUNTY. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA. NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER OFFICE IN GOODLAND UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST OR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ001-004-081015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 418 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 418 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR ATWOOD TO 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR MCCOOK NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS WAS NEAR ATWWOD. MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY BE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. PERSONS IN RAWLINS AND DECATUR COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH UNTIL 515 AM CDT. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:21 AM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ001-004-081120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 520 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR OBERLIN KANSAS TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR CURTIS NEBRASKA. OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND NEAR YUMA COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MID MORNING HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MID MORNING NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORpMS. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:06 AM MDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ001-081205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 505 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 505 AM M AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER. THIS STORM IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 605 AM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OR BASEMENT. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:18 AM MDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ001-081205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 505 AM MDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 505 AM MDT AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OFGOODLAND KANSAS NEAR THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER. THIS STORM IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES OF NORTHWESGT KANSAS UNTIL 605 AM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OR BASEMENT. WORKMAN
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.