Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 9:05 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 19, 1990, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness 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 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ness, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 3174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 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 19, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-008-200015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 502 IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS..EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON... AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY NEAR THE SCOTT..GOVE COUNTY BORDER SOUTH ACROSS SCOTT CITY TO NEAR GARDEN CITY. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY AND ALONG THE SCOTT..FINNEY COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF SCOTT CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ004-005-007-008-200115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 502 IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS..EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON... AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS NEAR NESS CITY SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NESS COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDER STORMS WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND FROM JUST WEST OF LEOTI..TO WEST OF TRIBUNE ALONG THE KANSAS..COLORADO BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG INDICATED OVER EASTERN COLO RADO..35 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND..EAST STRATON COLORADO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH..AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY NEAR KANORADO AROUND 800 PM CDT.. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 758 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 502 IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS..EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 755 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS OVER GOODLAND..TO 5 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 WEST OF HAYS NEAR CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR. THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 827 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 502 IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS..EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO DIGHTON... AT 825 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS NEAR COLBY TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLBY..15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY NEAR THE SCOTT COUNTY LAKE AND 50 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY NEAR TRIBUNE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EASTERN COLORADO..35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rush | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.