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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rooks 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 260105
TORGLD
KSC163-260130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
805 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
EXTREME EASTERN ROOKS
AT 758 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 6 SOUT AND 3 EAST OF
WOODSTON OR ABOUT 10 EAST OF STOCKTON NEARLY 40 MILES
NORTH OF HAYS KANSAS.
TAKE COVER AND GO TO SHELTER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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 MOBI7LE 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, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 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, 4 hours 35 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, 3 hours 17 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, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Ellis, Rooks | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.