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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1990, 7:45 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1990, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1990, 8:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 200147
SVRDEN
COC041-200220-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
ISSUED FOR WSO COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
745 PM MDT THU JUL 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO:
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:
BLACK FOREST...PEYTON...FALCON
AT 742 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND
WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT 730 PM A PUBLIC REPORT OF
ONE INCH HAIL WAS RECEIVED.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND
HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUIJCKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
RTG
LAT..LON 3885 10437 3885 10471 3902 10473 3906 10437What 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, Jul 19, 2:30 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-192120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 330 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 315 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL WAS IN A LINE FROM 75 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS JUST NORTH OF HOXIE KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE JUST EAST OF OAKLEY TO RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SCOTT..GOVE..AND GRAHAM COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HILL CITY, QUINTER AND SCOTT CITY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BY 5 PM CDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:02 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-192155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 400 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 355 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL WAS IN A LINE FROM 85 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND JUST WEST OF HILL CITY TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NEAR QUINTER ALONG I-70 TO NORTHEAST OF LEOTI KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF SCOTT..GOVE..AND GRAHAM COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HILL CITY, QUINTER AND SCOTT CITY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ-002-004-005-007-008-192155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 5 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS IN A LINE 70 TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR FROM WAKEENEY TO SCOTT CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF SOME LIGHTER SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM PHILLIPSBURG SOUTHWEST TO DIGHTON WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING FROM OBERLIN SO7UTHWEST TO LEOTI. RESIDENTS OF SCOTT..LANE..AND TREGO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SCOTT CITY AND DIGHTON AND THE CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR AREA CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ-002-004-005-007-008-192359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 6 PM CDT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS.@ SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSHOWERS EXTEND FROM 70 TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NORTON SOUTHWEST TO GOVE AND SCOTT CITY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ-005-007-008-200100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 7 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. THE PRECIPITATION WAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STOCKTON SOUTHWEST TO WAKEENEY TO DIGHTON. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:59 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ-005-008-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 800 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 AT 8 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST KANSAS AREA. THE PRECIPITATION IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF HAYS TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELLIS...NESS...AND RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 10PM CDT. AS NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS ACTIVITY. THE NETWORK RADARS WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR HOURLY RADAR SUMMARIES. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 60 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.