Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1994, 8:16 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1994, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 220117 RRA SVRDDC KSC081-220215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 816 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 815 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINIDTY OF SATANTA...35 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH SUBLETTE BY 830 PM CDT. PERSONS IN SUBLETTE SHOULD SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. CRAVEN
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, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 29 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, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-062-063-064-075-076-077-078-084-085-086-220115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 711 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A STORMY LATE AFTERNOON IS TAKING SHAPE ACROSS WEST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 705 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN A BROKEN...BUT NEARLY SOLID...LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...ACROSS GARDEN CITY AND ULYSSES TO NORTHEAST OF ELKHART. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO GRAY COUNTY AND WESTEN STEVENS COUNTY BEFORE 730 PM CDT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN APPROACH OR BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE INTO THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER SITUATION THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-062-063-064-075-076-077-078-084-085-086-220115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 711 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...A STORMY LATE AFTERNOON IS TAKING SHAPE ACROSS WEST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 705 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN A BROKEN...BUT NEARLY SOLID...LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...ACROSS GARDEN CITY AND ULYSSES TO NORTHEAST OF ELKHART. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO GRAY COUNTY AND WESTEN STEVENS COUNTY BEFORE 730 PM CDT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN APPROACH OR BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE INTO THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER SITUATION THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. RICKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 29 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.