Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:27 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 59 | 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, 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.
- 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
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.
JENNERWhat 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.