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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Goodland, KS

June 29, 1990Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 11:32 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1990, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sheridan 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-312 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 300432
SVRGLD
KSC179-193-300530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1132 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      SHERIDAN...THOMAS

AT 1130 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO
THE NORTH OF GOODLAND..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  WINDS
GUSTING TO OVER 60 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT.

FREIBURGER

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 29, 6:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ001-002-300000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
500 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 500 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES
WEST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 10 MPH.

THE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE SOME BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINS AND COOL THE TEMPERATURES 20 TO 30 DEGREES.

MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ001-002-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 600 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES SOUTH OF
GOODLAND DRIFTING SLO4WLY EAST. THE 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDS FROM
RUSSELL SPRINGS TO JUST SOUTH OF WESKAN.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
700 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 700 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 45 MILES SOUTH OF
GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. THE 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDS FROM
NEAR GOVE SOUTHWEST TO THE TRIBUNE AREA.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SELKIRK...LEOTI...AND SCOTT LAKE AREAS
BY 8PM MDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND A LITTLE SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER
STORM CENTERS.

MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-300300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
800 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 800 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 65 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. THE 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDS FROM
JUST SOUTH OF GOVE SOUTHWEST TO LEOTE.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE UTICA...SHIELDS...AND DIGHTON AREAS
BY 9PM MDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND A LITTLE SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEADVIER
STORM CENTERS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20MPH
AND WILL BE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS AREA BY 10PM MDT.

MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-300400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
900 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 900 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GOODLAND BETWEEN SHARON SPRINGS AND LEOTI MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SCOTT CITY AREA ARE DECREASING IN INTENSITY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO FROM IDALIA NORTHWEST TO YUMA
ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE GrOODLAND AND ST FRANCIS
AREAS BY 10PM MDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORM CENTERS. STORM TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH.

MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:05 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-300500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
10 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990

AT 10 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 100 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING
SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ACTIVITY IS IN THE GOODLAND
AND ST FRANCIS AREAS.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND BETWEEN SHARON SPRINGS
AND LEOTI IS MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE LEOTI AREA BY
1030PM MDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORM CENTERS. STORM TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH.

MYERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas67 min
Jun 30, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas67 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.