Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1994, 6:54 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1994, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1994, 7:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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 212355 RRA SVRDDC KSC129-189-220030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 654 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...EASTERN MORTON COUNTY...WESTERN STEVENS COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKHART OR NEAR ROLLA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND IS TRAVELING ALONG U.S. HWY 56. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN AND NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN ROLLA AND FETERIA CAN EXPECT ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 720 PM CDT. HUGOTON RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS STORM AS WELL AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THIS STORM APPROACH. RICKS THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 21, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ063-075-076-212340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 539 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED SINCE 520 PM CDT IN SOUTHWEST FINNEY COUNTY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 10 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR GARDEN CITY BY 6 PM CDT. DUE TO THE WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE COOLING FROM THE LOCALIZED RAINS...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY EAST OF A LIBERAL TO SCOTT CITY LINE THROUGH SUNSET. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TODAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO CATCH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS AFTERNOON'S THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZ063-075-076-212340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 539 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED SINCE 520 PM CDT IN SOUTHWEST FINNEY COUNTY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND 10 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR GARDEN CITY BY 6 PM CDT. DUE TO THE WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE COOLING FROM THE LOCALIZED RAINS...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY EAST OF A LIBERAL TO SCOTT CITY LINE THROUGH SUNSET. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TODAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCALN TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO CATCH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS AFTERNOON'S THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:31 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ030-043>045-063-075>077-084>086-220035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 631 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 625 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PROBABLE WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH...RANGING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIGHTON...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS GARDEN CITY TO NEAR ELKHART. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULYSSES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS NEAR NESS CITY TO GARDEN CITY... SUBLETTE... HUGOTON AND ELKHART CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO RUMBLE INTO YOUR AREA BY 7 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING IN INTENSITY AS WELL AS INCREASING IN COVERAGE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. EVERYONE IN WEST KANSAS IS URGED TO MAINTAIN AN ATTENTIVE EYE TO THE SKIES AND AN EAR TO THE RADIO OR TV SHOULD WARNINGS BECOME NECCESARY. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:32 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ030-043>045-063-075>077-084>086-220035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 631 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 625 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PROBABLE WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH...RANGING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIGHTON...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS GARDEN CITY TO NEAR ELKHART. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ULYSSES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS NEAR NESS CITY TO GARDEN CITY... SUBLETTE... HUGOTON AND ELKHART CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO RUMBLE INTO YOUR AREA BY 7 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING IN INTENSITY AS WELL AS INCREASING IN COVERAGE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN APPROACH SEVEREb LIMITS. EVERYONE IN WEST KANSAS IS URGED TO MAINTAIN AN ATTENTIVE EYE TO THE SKIES AND AN EAR TO THE RADIO OR TV SHOULD WARNINGS BECOME NECCESARY. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ084-085-220050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 647 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROLLA AT 640 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS INDICATED TO BE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 56 NEAR ROLLA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF HUGOTON BY 710 PM AS IT IS MOVING ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM ALSO CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED SHOULD THIS TREND CONTINUE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND STEVENS COUNTY. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ084-085-220050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 647 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROLLA AT 640 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS INDICATED TO BE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 56 NEAR ROLLA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF HUGOTON BY 710 PM AS IT IS MOVING ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM ALSO CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED SHOULD THIS TREND CONTINUE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND STEVENS COUNTY. 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.