Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 8:40 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 290141 RRA SVRDDC KSC055-069-290230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 840 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY...WESTERN GRAY COUNTY AT 838 PM CDT DODGE CITY RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FINNEY COUNTY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN GARDEN CITY. THIS SEVERE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PIERCEVILLE AND CHARLESTON AREAS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50 BY 9 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM NEED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. VISIBILITIES ARE ALSO BEING REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING DUST. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A STRONG BUILDING.z DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT 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 28, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ074-075-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 725 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED TOWARDS ULYSSES... AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ULYSSES BY 750 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM OR IF YOU ARE IN ULYSSES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS STORM. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ074-075-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 725 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED TOWARDS ULYSSES... AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ULYSSES BY 750 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM OR IF YOU ARE IN ULYSSES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS STORM. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ043-044-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 735 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY... AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SCOTT COUNTY INCLUDING THE SCOTT CITY AREA. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH LANE COUNTY AND DIGHTON BY 815 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM. ONCE THE STORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...THE REST OF THE EVENING SHOULD BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S BY MIDNIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ043-044-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 735 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY... AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SCOTT COUNTY INCLUDING THE SCOTT CITY AREA. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH LANE COUNTY AND DIGHTON BY 815 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM. ONCE THE STORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...THE REST OF THE EVENING SHOULD BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S BY MIDNIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-074-075-076-077- 078-079-080-084-085-086-087-088-089-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 834 PM CDT (734 PM MDT) SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WEST KANSAS TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 828 PM CDT...RADAR IN DODGE CITY CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...FROM WEST OF WAKEENEY TO GARDEN CITY WESTWARD TO WEST OF LAKIN. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NESS CITY...KALVESTA AND CIMARRON A ABY 915 PM CDT AND CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BY 10 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST BEFORE THE RAIN STARTS. PERSONS IN WEST KANSAS...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE...SHOULD MAINTAIN A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RICKS &
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-074-075-076-077- 078-079-080-084-085-086-087-088-089-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 834 PM CDT (734 PM MDT) SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WEST KANSAS TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 828 PM CDT...RADAR IN DODGE CITY CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...FROM WEST OF WAKEENEY TO GARDEN CITY WESTWARD TO WEST OF LAKIN. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NESS CITY...KALVESTA AND CIMARRON A ABY 915 PM CDT AND CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THE DODGE CITY AREA BY 10 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING DUST BEFORE THE RAIN STARTS. PERSONS IN WEST KANSAS...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE...SHOULD MAINTAIN A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RICKS &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 36 min |
| May 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 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.