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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

June 8, 1990Sherman County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 5:40 AM MDTHail 0.75Sherman, KS
Jun 8, 6:05 AM MDTHail 0.75Sherman, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
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

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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.

WORKMAN

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, 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

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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.