Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 9:54 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 10:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 140256 RRA SVRDDC KSC051-140345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 954 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...ELLIS COUNTY AT 950 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLIS OR 14 MILES WEST OF HAYS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS INTERSTATE 70 BY 1005 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING A SQUALL LINE WITH WINDS NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR THAT WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS YOCEMENTO AND ANTONINO BY 1010 PM. THE STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY REACH HAYS BY 1020 PM CDT. 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, May 13, 9:00 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-066-078-079-080-081-087-088-089-090- 140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WHICH WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM 7 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY...ACROSS NESS CITY AND JETMORE...TO JUST EAST OF DODGE CITY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR LIBERAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE IS PROGRESSING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SITUATED BETWEEN WAKEENEY AND NESS CITY...ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 283. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE GREATLY REDUCED IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY 283. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AROUND THESE THUNDERSTORMS...PERHAPS EVEN PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT THE STORMS OUT. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...UNTIL 11 PM CDT...PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A WAKEENEY-GREENSBURG LINE CAN ANTICIPATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AREA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXIST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:00 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-066-078-079-080-081-087-088-089-090- 140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WHICH WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM 7 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY...ACROSS NESS CITY AND JETMORE...TO JUST EAST OF DODGE CITY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR LIBERAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE IS PROGRESSING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SITUATED BETWEEN WAKEENEY AND NESS CITY...ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 283. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE GREATLY REDUCED IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY 283. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AROUND THESE THUNDERSTORMS...PERHAPS EVEN PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT THE STORMS OUT. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...UNTIL 11 PM CDT...PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A WAKEENEY-GREENSBURG LINE CAN ANTICIPATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AREA AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXIST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ045-046-140315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 917 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NESS COUNTY... AT 915 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A THUNDESTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY MARBLE SIZED HAIL LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF NESS CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE MCCRACKEN AND ALEXANDER AREAS BY 930 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE HAIL...THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 1 INCH PER HOUR AND SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ045-046-140315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 917 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NESS COUNTY... AT 915 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A THUNDESTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY MARBLE SIZED HAIL LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF NESS CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE MCCRACKEN AND ALEXANDER AREAS BY 930 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE HAIL...THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 1 INCH PER HOUR AND SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:21 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ030-031-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 921 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH PROBABLE HAIL WAS IN SOUTHEAST TREGO COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PROBABLE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL LOCATED JUST EAST OF CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE APPROACHING ELLIS...YOCEMENTO AND ANTONINO BY 940 PM CDT. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:22 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ030-031-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 921 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH PROBABLE HAIL WAS IN SOUTHEAST TREGO COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PROBABLE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL LOCATED JUST EAST OF CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOU R AND WILL BE APPROACHING ELLIS...YOCEMENTO AND ANTONINO BY 940 PM CDT. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES. RICKS
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.