Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1994, 7:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
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.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1994 OK MESONET SHOWG TEMPS ACRS PNHNDL OFF TO THE RACES WITH SOME ALREADY OVER 100 INDUCED BY SUBSIDENCE RIDGE OVR ERN OK/N TX. THIS IS MERGING WITH LLVL MOISTR CNVRGNC BTWN GAG-P28...PER ADAP. 88D SHOWS CNVCTN WITH LDS SHOWG STRIKES NW OF CAO MOVG TWD EHA/EXT SW KS. 12Z ETA GRID DATA PROGS VRY HI CAPES IN WCNTL KS VCNTY OF GCK-SCOTT-NESS CITY-HAYS-DDC THIS PM ALG WITH NWD MOVG THETAE AXIS THRU MDNT. BLV DYTM HTG DRYLN CNVCTN OCCURG IN NE NM AND ERN CO WILL TRIGGER MCS AS PLANNED AND MOVE NEWD INTO DDC CWA NERNMST COS. FFG VALUES IN THESE AREAS HAVE DROPPED TO 1-1.6 IN/3 HR DUE TO 2+ INCH EPISODE LAST NIGHT. LCL HEAVY RAINS WILL LKLY CAUSE FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS SOMEWHR TONIGHT. AM RELUCTANT TO CALL FOR FFW ATTM UNTIL RAIN BECOMES IMMINENT AND TRAJECTORY BECOMES MORE RESOLVED. RICKS PCPN FCST METHOD SHOWS 3.73 INCHES WITH A POTL OF 7.89. SEE NO DIFFICULTY IN ACHIEVING 3.73 AMT. WTR VPR SHOWG A PAC TRPCL PLUME INTO THE AREA SO AN ISOLATED AREA OF NR 8 INCHES NOT OUT OF REALM OF PSBLTY. NONETHELESS...SVR THREAT STILL REAL FOR THIS AFTN AFT 4 PM AND CONTG INTO MON AM FM W TO E. DDC 068/101 5- GCK 065/102 5- EHA 065/103 6- LBL 066/103 6- HYS 062/099 72 P28 069/100 2- RICKS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ088-032305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING CLARK STATE LAKE... AT 5 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARK STATE LAKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE INT THE VICINITY OF CLARK STATE LAKE AROUND 515 PM. CLARK COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN A TORNADO WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DON'T HAVE TRAGEDY STRIKE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IF STORMS THREATEN...SEEK SAFE COVER IMMEDIATELY. RICKS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ088-032305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING CLARK STATE LAKE... AT 5 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARK STATE LAKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE INT THE VICINITY OF CLARK STATE LAKE AROUND 515 PM. CLARK COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN A TORNADO WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DON'T HAVE TRAGEDY STRIKE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IF STORMS THREATEN...SEEK SAFE COVER IMMEDIATELY. RICKS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-063-064-065-066-077-078-079-080-081- 087-088-089-090-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 536 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1994 ...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WEST KANSAS TAKE HEED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO TAKE ON SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO ACTIVATE. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS IN EASTERN MEADE COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY...COMANCHE COUNTY. AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY. TORNADOES ARE QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM @CONTACT YOUR COUNTY COORDINATOR FOR DETAILS. RICKS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-063-064-065-066-077-078-079-080-081- 087-088-089-090-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 536 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1994 ...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WEST KANSAS TAKE HEED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO TAKE ON SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO ACTIVATE. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS IN EASTERN MEADE COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY...COMANCHE COUNTY. AND SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY. TORNADOES ARE QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM CONTACT YOUR COUNTY COORDINATOR FOR DETAILS. RICKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 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.