Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 3:41 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 23, 1990, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Decatur, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 23, 3:01 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
KSZ001-004-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 ...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 300 PM CDT AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR ATWOOD KANSAS. MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY BE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN RAWLINS AND WESTERN DECATUR COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 400 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WORKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Trego | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Trego | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.