Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1990, 11:24 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
- May 8, 1990, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:26 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Ellis, KS | |
| May 8, 11:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Ellis, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 090424
SVRGLD
KSC051-090515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1124 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
ELLIS
AT 1123 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALONG THE ELLIS...
TREGO COUNTY LINE 15 MILES WEST OF HAYS AND IS MOVING EAST
45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE HAYS AREA BETWEEN
1130 AND 1145 PM CDT.
4 MILES WEST OF ELLIS ALONG THE ELLIS...TREGO COUNTY LINE
AN ELEVATOR WAS BLOWN OVER AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN
WHICH STARTED A FIRE.
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.
MYERSWhat 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, May 8, 7:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 610 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO IS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS ARE 50 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND WITH THE STRONGEST CENTER WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF JOES. THE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 7PM AND IN THE GOODLAND AND ST FRANCIS AREAS BETWEEN 730 AND 8PM MDT. STRON;G GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 755 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 715PM MDT. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER STORM CENTERS. THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT .....CORRECTION TO TIME..... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 655 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 715PM MDT. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER STORM CENTERS. THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-090230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 725 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. A 52 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT AT 721PM MDT. THE GUST FRONT WILL BE IN THE ATWOOD...COLBY...ANDC SHARON SPRINGS AREAS BY 8PM MDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND AT 7PM MDT. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 33 min |
| May 8, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 54 min |
| May 8, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 26 min |
| May 8, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Sheridan | 64 min |
| May 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Rooks, Trego | 55 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.