Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 12:08 AM CDT for Logan County, Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, KS, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 300508
SVRGLD
KSC109-181-193-300615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1208 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
LOGAN...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
EASTERN SHERMAN...THOMAS...
AT 1205 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND
NEAR WINONA. THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH. WINDS GUSTING 60 TO 70 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
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.
FREIBURGERWhat 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, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 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, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 7 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, 2 hours 8 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, 1 hour 3 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 67 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.