Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 12:41 AM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 090541 RRA SVRDDC KSC101-171-090630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1241 AM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LANE COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 1240 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY...TO 35 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS OPEN FARMLAND IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY INTO THE TOWN OF HEALY BY 110 AM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AND HEALY SHOULD TAKE SAFE COVER NOW!!! THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BERG
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 8, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-061-062-063-064-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT (1004 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD TREGO COUNTY... AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WAKEENEY AREA BY 123O AM CDT AND THEN MOVE TO NEAR NESS CITY BY AROUND 1 AM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TREGO...LANE...NESS ...SCOTT...HAMILTON...KEARNEY...FINNEY...AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 4AM. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-061-062-063-064-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT (1004 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD TREGO COUNTY... AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WAKEENEY AREA BY 123O AM CDT AND THEN MOVE TO NEAR NESS CITY BY AROUND 1 AM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TREGO...LANE...NESS ...SCOTT...HAMILTON...KEARNEY...FINNEY...AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 4AM. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-061-062-063-064-090615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 AM CDT (1110 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 12 MIDNIGHT CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3O MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SCOTT AND TREGO COUNTIES BY 1 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 4 AM CDT INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WAKEENEY...SCOTT CITY...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND SYRACUSE. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ030-043-044-045-061-062-063-064-090615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 AM CDT (1110 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 12 MIDNIGHT CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3O MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SCOTT AND TREGO COUNTIES BY 1 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 4 AM CDT INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WAKEENEY...SCOTT CITY...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND SYRACUSE. KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 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.