Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 7:02 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1990, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1990, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 190002
SVRGLD
KSC195-190045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
702 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHEAST TREGO
AT 7 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS KANSAS JUST NORTH OF WAKEENEY
KANSAS. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT
MOVES EAST AT 15 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. TORNADOS REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM
THIS AND OTHER STORMS. GO IMMEDIATELY TO A REINFORCED SHELTER.
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.
BOYLEWhat 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, 3 hours 32 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, 3 hours 11 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, 2 hours 34 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 550 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS FOR GOVE..SHERIDAN..DECATUR..NORTON.. AND GRAHAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... ...TORANDO WATCH # 492 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS AND 30 MILES SOUTH NEAR STOCKTON KANSAS. STRONG STORMS WERE 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG EAST OF HOXIE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YO UR ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OF REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:12 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 613 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...TORANDO WATCH # 492 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS KANSAS WEST OF HILL CITY NEAR MORLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO HILL CITY BY 625 P1M CDT. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 35 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HAYS NEAR CEDAR BUFFS LAKE. THESE STORMS COULD ALL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:41 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-190035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 640 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...TORANDO WATCH # 492 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 45 TO 55 MILES NORTH/ WEST OF HAYS KANSAS JUST SOUTH OF HILL CITY AND SOUTHEAST OF HOXIE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 35 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HAYS NORTHxEAST OF NESS CITY KANSAS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH THESE STORMS COULD ALL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis | 54 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.