Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1990, 5:08 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Apr 25, 1990, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ness 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Ness, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -214 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 252208
TORGLD
KSC135-252300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NESS
AT 500 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF NESS CITY KANSAS
OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MPH.
TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PERSONS NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
SHELTER.
FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BASEMENTS OFFER BEST PROTECTION. SMALL
ROOMS NEAR THE CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDING ARE ALSO FAIRLY SAFE.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES OFFER NO SHELTER..SO LEAVE THEN. EVEN A
DITCH OR LOW PLACE IS SAFER THEN A MOBILE HOME OR CAR.
;BOYLEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 25, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ001-002-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1PM MDT WED APR 25 1990 AT 1PM MDT RADAR INDICATES NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN EASTERN COLORADO 20 TO 80 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 20MPH. THEY WILL BE IN CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 115PM MDT. SOME SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STRONGEST S)TORM CENTERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MYERS
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ001-002-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 2PM MDT WED APR 25 1990 AT 2PM MDT RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND SOME SMALL HAIL FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT IS NORTH 30MPH. THE ONLY STORMS IN KANSAS ARE NORTH AND WEST OF ST FRANCIS AND THEY WILL BE OUT OF THE STATE BY 3PM MDT. MYERS
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ001-002-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 PM MDT WED APR 25 1990 AT 225 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO AROUND 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ001-002-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 448 PM MDT WED APR 25 1990 AT 440 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY NEAR DIGHTON KANSAS IN LANE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Trego | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Ellis | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.