Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 7:16 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 250017 RRA SVRDDC KSC025-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 716 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 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 ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY AT 715 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL REACH THE MINNEOLA AND CLARK STATE LAKE AREAS BY 725 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KRUSE/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 24, 4:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 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, 2 hours 29 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, 1 hour 42 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, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 1 hour 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
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.