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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 1990Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1990, 9:21 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
May 8, 1990, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Thomas 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
May 8, 9:22 PM CDTHail 3Thomas, KS
May 8, 9:26 PM CDTHail 1.75Thomas, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1990-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 090221
SVRGLD
KSC193-090315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
921 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      THOMAS

AT 915 PM CDT GOLF BALL AT BREWSTER KANSAS ALONG WITH VERY
STRONG WINDS.  THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 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 LIGHTNING.

FREIBURGER

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, May 8, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990

A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO IS MOVING EAST AND
SOUTHEAST TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS ARE 50 MILES WEST
OF GOODLAND WITH THE STRONGEST CENTER WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF JOES.

THE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 7PM AND IN THE GOODLAND
AND ST FRANCIS AREAS BETWEEN 730 AND 8PM MDT.

STRON;G GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS.

MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
755 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT...

A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES
NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST
35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7
AND 715PM MDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND
ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER
STORM CENTERS.

THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730.

MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT .....CORRECTION TO TIME.....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
655 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT...

A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES
NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST
35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7
AND 715PM MDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND
ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY
HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER
STORM CENTERS.

THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730.

MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:28 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-090230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
725 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT...

A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST
35 MPH. A 52 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT AT
721PM MDT. THE GUST FRONT WILL BE IN THE ATWOOD...COLBY...ANDC SHARON
SPRINGS AREAS BY 8PM MDT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND AT 7PM MDT.

MYERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman33 min
May 8, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan26 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Sheridan64 min
May 8, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Rooks, Trego55 min
May 8, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis51 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.