Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1994, 10:59 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1994, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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, 4.0 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 060359 RRA SVRDDC KSC007-151-060445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1059 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...BARBER COUNTY...SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY AT 1056 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COATS...11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT TO NEAR SHARON...8 MILES EAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COATS...SAWYER...MEDICINE LODGE...AND SHARON AREAS THROUGH 1145 PM. LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD GO INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE ENDED. CRAVEN/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, Jun 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 20 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 28 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 27 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, 36 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, 35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 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.