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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Goodland, KS

July 23, 1990Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 4:20 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1990, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 232120
SVRGLD
KSC179-232215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
420 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KANSAS
      SHERIDAN

AT 415 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST
SHERIDAN COUNTY 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND AND IS
MOVING TO THE SOTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

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.

JENNER

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, 1 hour 19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins61 min
Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDTrego61 min
Jul 23, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins49 min
Jul 23, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDTrego49 min
Jul 23, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan59 min
Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan62 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.