Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 4:46 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 18, 1990, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan 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 18, 5:05 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Graham, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ001-002-182125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 330 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 AT 325 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE 15 TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR OAKLEY KANSAS BY 4 PM CDT. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:51 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ001-002-182150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 350 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 AT 345 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS. A STRONG STORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR OAKLEY KANSAS BY 4 PM CDT. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WIN+DS...SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-182225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 AT 415 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 60 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR OAKLEY KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OF OAKLEY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO HOXIE KANSAS BY AROUND 445 PM CDT. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 59 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.