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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS

June 25, 1990Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 4:28 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 25, 1990, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1990, 5:05 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas 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 25, 4:33 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 61Sherman, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1990-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1990-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 252228
SVRGLD
KSC181-193-252330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
528 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      EASTERN SHERMAN...THOMAS

AT 5 17 PM MDT..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS THE
AIRPORT IN GOODLAND KANSAS. THE STORM WAS HIGH LEVEL WITH
ONLY A FEW SPRINKLES NOTED..BUT THE WINDS GUSTED TO 63 MPH.

PERSONS IN EASTERN SHERMAN AND MOST OF THOMAS COUNTIES SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PICK UP CONSIDERABLE DUST AND MAY CAUSE
THE VISIBILITY TO BE RESTIRCTED.

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.

DORSEY

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 25, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ001-252220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
325 PM MDT MON JUN 25 1990

AT 320 PM MDT..RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 110 MILE SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 110
MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRAKSA..ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WERE
MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CHEYENNE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AT 320 PM.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN
SHERMAN AND NORTHWEST WALLACE COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 3 45 PM
MDT.

DORSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:07 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ001-002-252300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
405 PM MDT MON JUN 25 1990

AT 4 PM MDT..RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN
CHEYENNE..RAWLINS AND SHERMAN COUNTIES. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED OVER
WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. THE SHOWERS AND
LONE STORM ARE ALL HIGH LEVEL WITH MOST PRECIPITATON EVAPORATING BEFORE
REACHING THE GROUND.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTED OR EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

..NOTE..THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FROM GOODLAND ON THESE SHOWERS..

DORSEY

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.