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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Goodland, KS

June 9, 1990Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 9:08 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 9, 1990, 9:08 PM MDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1990, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
52 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 9, 9:27 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 59Sherman, 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, 3.1 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 1990-06-10Temperature 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 km15 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 1990-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 100308
SVRGLD
KSC181-100415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
908 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 1990

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

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      SHERMAN

AT 905 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
WEST OF GOODLAND NEAR RULETON.  STRONG WINDS WITH GUST IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF RULETON AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO THE GOODLAND AREA BY 930 PM 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
RA%IN..AND LIGHTNING.

JENNER

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 9, 7:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ001-002-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO 436 ON EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS
UNTIL 100 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 1990...

AT 745 PM MDT RADAR INDICATES NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS.  RADAR DOES INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 75 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND TO 125 MILES SOUTH
OF GOODLAND.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN KIT CARSON
AND WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY OF EASTERN COLORADO.

JENNER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:42 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
KSZ001-002-100345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
840 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO 436 ON EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS
UNTIL 100 AM MDT SUN JUN 10 1990...

AT 835 PM MDT RADAR INDICATES NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS.  RADAR DOES INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 125 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR GARDEN CITY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY BY 915 PM MDT AND INTO GOODLAND BY
10 PM MDT.

THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KIT
CARSON AND NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF EASTERN COLORADO.

JENNER

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.