Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 7:09 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1940 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 290009 RRA SVRDDC KSC093-290045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 709 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 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 KEARNY COUNTY AT 707 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG T HAMILTON-KEARNY COUNTY LINE 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYRACUSE. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS OPEN RANGE LAND OF NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN KEARNY COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN A DIME IN DIAMETER. PERSONS IN KEARNY COUNTY WITHIN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS IN LAKIN NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS DANGEROUS STORM AS IT WILL BE NEARING LAKIN BY 745 PM CDT. RICKS 6
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, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 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, 6:14 PM CDT, 55 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, 6:14 PM CDT, 55 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, 6:18 PM CDT, 51 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, 6:18 PM CDT, 51 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
| May 28, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 50 min |
| May 28, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| May 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 28, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 34 min |
| May 28, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 31 min |
| May 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 29 min |
| May 28, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 44 min |
| May 28, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 29 min |
| May 28, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 22 min |
| May 28, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 45 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.