Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 5:43 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 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 282345 RRA SVRDDC KSC075-290030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 643 PM CDT (543 PM MDT) SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY AT 543 PM MDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY 18 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE NEAR HIGHWAY 27. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN A DIME IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN RANGE LAND OF NORTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE KENDALL AREA 645 PM MDT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 28, 5:04 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-290005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 604 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT WEST OF A LARNED TO COLDWATER LINE... AT 6 PM CDT (5 PM MDT) DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN WEST KANSAS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BECOME NECCESARY OR SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:04 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-290005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 604 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT WEST OF A LARNED TO COLDWATER LINE... AT 6 PM CDT (5 PM MDT) DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN WEST KANSAS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BECOME NECCESARY OR SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:14 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ044-061-290015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NORTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN LANE COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT (512 PM MDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF HAMILTON AND LANE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES BY 640 PM CDT (540 PM MDT). PERSONS IN HAMILTON AND LANE COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECCESARY SHORTLY. MEANWHILE...THINK OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:14 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ044-061-290015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NORTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN LANE COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT (512 PM MDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF HAMILTON AND LANE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES BY 640 PM CDT (540 PM MDT). PERSONS IN HAMILTON AND LANE COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECCESARY SHORTLY. MEANWHILE...THINK OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:18 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ061-062-290020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 618 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NORTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT (512 PM MDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF HAMILTON AND KEARNY COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES BY 640 PM CDT (540 PM MDT). PERSONS IN HAMILTON AND KEARNY COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECCESARY SHORTLY. MEANWHILE...THINK OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:18 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ061-062-290020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 618 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NORTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT (512 PM MDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF HAMILTON AND KEARNY COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES BY 640 PM CDT (540 PM MDT). PERSONS IN HAMILTON AND KEARNY COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECCESARY SHORTLY. MEANWHILE...THINK OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RICKS
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.