Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 10:29 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 WUUS1 KDDC 290330 RRA SVRDDC KSC081-290400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1029 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 1027 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUBLETTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE TICE AREA BY 1035 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT SUBLETTE BY 1035 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PARTICULARLY IN TICE TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR APPLIANCES WHILE THIS STORM IS IN YOUR AREA. 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, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 54 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, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-074-075-076-077- 078-079-080-084-085-086-087-088-089-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 PM CDT (813 PM MDT) SAT MAY 28 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KANSAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 905 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY TO NESS CITY TO CIMARRON AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON IN WESTERN GRAY COUNTY...AND IN NORTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 283 NEAR RANSOM. THE LINE WILL BE IN THE HAYS...JETMORE AND DODGE CITY AREAS BEFORE 10 PM CDT. STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE OCCURRING WITH MOST OF THE STORMS. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AS WELL. PERSONS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND 283. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-074-075-076-077- 078-079-080-084-085-086-087-088-089-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 PM CDT (813 PM MDT) SAT MAY 28 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KANSAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 905 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WAKEENEY TO NESS CITY TO CIMARRON AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON IN WESTERN GRAY COUNTY...AND IN NORTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 283 NEAR RANSOM. THE LINE WILL BE IN THE HAYS...JETMORE AND DODGE CITY AREAS BEFORE 10 PM CDT. STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE OCCURRING WITH MOST OF THE STORMS. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AS WELL. PERSONS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND 283. RICKS
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:21 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ086-290415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1020 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS ARE HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS LIBERAL... AT 1020 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THE STORMS SOME 30 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL. THESE WINDS SHOULD REACH KISMET BY 1035 PM AND LIBERAL BY 1100 PM CDT. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS WITH THIS STORM OUTFLOW SHOULD BE AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR IN GUSTS AND WILL LAST FOR AROUND 1/2 HOUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. JOHNSON
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, 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, 10:31 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.