Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 6:21 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 242322 RRA SVRDDC KSC057-069-250015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 621 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY AT 618 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CIMARRON AREA THROUGH 640 PM CDT. THE STORM SHOULD REACH HOWELL BY 645 PM CDT...THEN APPROACH DODGE CITY AROUND 700 PM. 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. CRAVEN/KRUSE
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 24, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ043-044-242215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 411 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED... AT 408 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY AND JUST EAST OF SHALLOW WATER OR 7 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...SOME WIND GUSTS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF SCOTT COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM AND INTO THE GRIGSTON AREA BY 425 PM. IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.V HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-063-064-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 446 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL THREATENING SCOTT AND LANE COUNTIES... AT 446 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCOTT CITY TO DIGHTON AND FROM GOVE AND RUSSELL SPRINGS SOUTH TO THE FINNEY COUNTY LINE NEAR FRIEND. THE ENTIRE CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS SHOULD REACH DIGHTON BY 455 PM CDT...SHIELDS AND PENDENNIS BY 530 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEALY LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. REMAIN INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:34 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ043-044-045-063-064-077-078-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 534 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN THE SCOTT CITY AND DIGHTON AREAS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADED EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD REACH UTICA...BEELER...AND KALVESTA BY 630 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL SINCE 5 PM CDT NEAR HEALY AND 5 MILES WEST OF DIGHTON IN LANE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE JETMORE... AND NESS CITY AREAS AFTER 7 PM. KRUSE/CRAVEN &
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ043-044-045-063-064-077-078-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 534 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN THE SCOTT CITY AND DIGHTON AREAS. THESE STORMS EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADED EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD REACH UTICA...BEELER...AND KALVESTA BY 630 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN AN HOURS TIME. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL SINCE 5 PM CDT NEAR HEALY AND 5 MILES WEST OF DIGHTON IN LANE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE JETMORE... AND NESS CITY AREAS AFTER 7 PM. KRUSE/CRAVEN &
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ061>066-074>081-084>090-250020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH WERE MOVING THROUGH THE PIERCEVILLE AREA...12 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND BE MOVING THROUGH CIMARRON BY 625 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE DODGE CITY AREA BY 730 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. CRAVEN/KRUSE
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:16 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ061>066-074>081-084>090-250020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH WERE MOVING THROUGH THE PIERCEVILLE AREA...12 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND BE MOVING THROUGH CIMARRON BY 625 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE DODGE CITY AREA BY 730 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. CRAVEN/KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 37 min |
| 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, 6:58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.