Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 290446 RRA SVRDDC KSC025-119-290530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1145 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...CLARK COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY AT 1145 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND CLARK COUNTY LAKE SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF MEADE STATE LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ASHLAND AND ENGLEWOOD BY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD FIND SHELTER NOW! JOHNSON
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, 8:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 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, 3 hours 10 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, 2 hours 31 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, 2 hours 31 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, 1 hour 24 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
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:15 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ084-290515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1114 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARING MORTON COUNTY... AT 1111 PM CDT...DODGE CITY RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN EASTERN BACA COUNTY COLORADO...14 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ELKHART...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD CLIP THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MORTON COUNTY BY 1120 PM AND NEAR ELKHART BY 1125 PM. PE(RSONS IN SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. 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, 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 |
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.