Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1994, 3:32 AM CST for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 1994, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1994, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 260934 RRA SVRDDC KSC033-025-261000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 332 AM CST WED JAN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...EASTERN CLARK COUNTY AT 330 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLARK COUNTY OUT OF OKLAHOMA. THE STORM WAS 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND. IT WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN SITKA AND PROTECTION BY 350 AM CST. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 OF AN INCH. YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW FROM THE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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, Jan 25, 9:35 PM CST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 935 PM CST TUE JAN 25 1994 ...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF U.S. 54 AND ALL AREAS WEST OF GREENSBURG AND ASHLAND. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ON WENESDAY. ICING FROM THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. IN AREAS NORTH OF U.S. 50...THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 400 AM CST. BARRY
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 9:37 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 935 PM CST TUE JAN 25 1994 ...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF U.S. 54 AND ALL AREAS WEST OF GREENSBURG AND ASHLAND. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ON WENESDAY. ICING FROM THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. IN AREAS NORTH OF U.S. 50...THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 400 AM CST. BARRY
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 3:00 AM CST, 32 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 300 AM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...ROADS ARE ICY FROM FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ARE ON THE WAY... A MIXED BAG OF WINTER WEATHER HAD THE REGION IN ITS GRIP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY NOT LET UP UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAD ICED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AREA. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY NORTH OF AN ASHLAND...GREENSBURG AND PRATT LINE. ...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM ELKHART...LIBERAL...MEADE...DODGE CITY...KINSLEY AND ST JOHN NORTH... SNOW MAY DEVELOP AND COLLECT ON TOP OF THE ICE BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATION NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. . DRIVERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION ON ICY ROADS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TRAVELERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 3:02 AM CST, 30 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 300 AM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...ROADS ARE ICY FROM FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ARE ON THE WAY... A MIXED BAG OF WINTER WEATHER HAD THE REGION IN ITS GRIP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY NOT LET UP UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAD ICED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AREA. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY NORTH OF AN ASHLAND...GREENSBURG AND PRATT LINE. ...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM ELKHART...LIBERAL...MEADE...DODGE CITY...KINSLEY AND ST JOHN NORTH... SNOW MAY DEVELOP AND COLLECT ON TOP OF THE ICE BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATION NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. . DRIVERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION ON ICY ROADS WEDNESDAY MORNING0 AND TRAVELERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 31 min |
| Jan 26, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 21 min |
| Jan 26, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.