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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 1990Ellis County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 5:07 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 3 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 15, 1990, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego 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 15, 5:52 PM CDTHail 1.5Ness, KS
Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDTHail 1Ellis, KS
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTHail 1.5Ellis, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips43 min
Jun 15, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRush68 min
Jun 15, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLane69 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis, Rooks, Trego66 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.