Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 7:08 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 240008 RRA SVRDDC KSC129-240045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 708 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN MORTON COUNTY AT 705 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART OR 13 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF RICHFIELD. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN A DIME IN DIAMETER AS IT MOVED TO THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 51 IN WESTERN MORTON COUNTY BY 730 PM CDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD VNOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RICKS
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 23, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ078-232340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 538 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY SOUTH OF DODGE CITY... DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY AT 530 PM CDT...INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR 2 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM. THIS AREA OF DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL BY 545 PM CDT. THE WIND IN AND NEAR DODGE CITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR...THEREFORE ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SLOW MOVING...THUS INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ078-232340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 538 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY SOUTH OF DODGE CITY... DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY AT 530 PM CDT...INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR 2 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM. THIS AREA OF DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL BY 545 PM CDT. THE WIND IN AND NEAR DODGE CITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR...THEREFORE ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SLOW MOVING...THUS INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ078-087>090-240005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 555 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY 12 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR 5 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM. THIS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING SINCE 530 PM BUT HAS SINCE WEAKENED. FOR OTHER THAN LIGHT RAIN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA LINE IN CLARK COUNTY...ALL OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF KANSAS INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH SUNSET. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ078-087>090-240005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 555 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY 12 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR 5 MILES NORTH OF BLOOM. THIS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING SINCE 530 PM BUT HAS SINCE WEAKENED. FOR OTHER THAN LIGHT RAIN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA LINE IN CLARK COUNTY...ALL OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF KANSAS INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH SUNSET. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:47 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ084-240050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 647 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 FOR MORTON COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY 15 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART AND 12 MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD. IT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME SMALL HAIL WAS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR MORTON COUNTY THROUGH ABOUT SUNSET. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ084-240050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 647 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 FOR MORTON COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY 15 MILES NORTH OF ELKHART AND 12 MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD. IT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME SMALL HAIL WAS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR MORTON COUNTY THROUGH ABOUT SUNSET. RICKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 54 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 47 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.