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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 1994Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1994, 10:35 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1994, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1994-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3089 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1994-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jun 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ065-066-078-079-080-081-087-088-089-090-060245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 930 PM
CDT EAST OF A PRATT...GREENSBURG...COLDWATER LINE.  PERIODS OF
TORRENTIAL RAIN...SOME HAIL...AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING WILL OCCUR WITH MOST OF THESE STORMS.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE EXPECT IN EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN BARBER
COUNTY...AFFECTING THE DEERHEAD...AETNA...AND KIOWA AREAS.  PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE ENDED.

FARTHER WEST IN THE ST. JOHN...KINSLEY...AND BUCKLIN AREAS...THE THREAT
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER FOR THE EVENING.

CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ065-066-078-079-080-081-087-088-089-090-060245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 930 PM
CDT EAST OF A PRATT...GREENSBURG...COLDWATER LINE.  PERIODS OF
TORRENTIAL RAIN...SOME HAIL...AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING WILL OCCUR WITH MOST OF THESE STORMS.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE EXPECT IN EASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHERN BARBER
COUNTY...AFFECTING THE DEERHEAD...AETNA...AND KIOWA AREAS.  PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE ENDED.

FARTHER WEST IN THE ST. JOHN...KINSLEY...AND BUCKLIN AREAS...THE THREAT
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER FOR THE EVENING.

CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ066-060330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
931 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STAFFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 925 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A ST. JOHN TO 20 MILES WEST OF
MEDICINE LODGE LINE.

A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ST. JOHN.   THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE TO THE INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAYS 281 AND 50 BY 940 PM CDT.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STAFFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...PLAN
TO SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY.

RICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ066-060330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
931 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STAFFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 925 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A ST. JOHN TO 20 MILES WEST OF
MEDICINE LODGE LINE.

A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ST. JOHN.   THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE TO THE INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAYS 281 AND 50 BY 940 PM CDT.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STAFFORD
COUNTY UNNTIL 11 PM CDT.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...PLAN
TO SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY.

RICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ066-060425-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR STAFFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO STAFFORD COUNTY.
A FEW STORMS WERE STILL INDICATED IN PRATT AND EASTERN BARBER COUNTIES
BUT WERE WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT 1020 PM CDT.

RICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:24 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ066-060425-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR STAFFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO STAFFORD COUNTY.
A FEW STORMS WERE STILL INDICATED IN PRATT AND EASTERN BARBER COUNTIES
BUT WERE WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT 1020 PM CDT.

RICKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche32 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt28 min
Jun 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
Jun 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa25 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche46 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber33 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber38 min
Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt21 min
Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
Jun 5, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber30 min

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.