Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 12:02 AM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 100506 RRA SVRDDC KSC067-093-187-100600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1202 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...GRANT COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY ...NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 1202 AM CDT (1102 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST HAMITLON COUNTY 16 MILES NORTHEWEST OF ULYSSES AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST STANTON COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST KEARNY COUNTY AS HEAD HEADS TOWRD ULYSSES. IT SHOULD REACH ULYSSES BY 1230 PM CDT. THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RADAR HAS ALSO INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO IN THE STORM AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM OR IF YOU ARE IN ULYSSES... TAKE SHELTER NOW FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM!!! JOHNSON WOSS00AUS2 -rWOSS00 AUS2 100526 761 WOSSAUS20 KNKA 100 18 TPL SA 0 AWOS CLR BLO WOS 10 78/67/0000/ 49 HEZ SA 051 AWOS CLR BLO 12S 10 69/65/0000/996 PTN SA 0515 AWOS CLR BLO WOS 10 74/71/1805/ 56
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 9, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ043-061-063-074-075-100430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1024 PM CDT (924 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1025 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT). STRONG WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. KRUSE/CJ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ043-061-063-074-075-100430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1024 PM CDT (924 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1025 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT). STRONG WINDS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. KRUSE/CJ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ031-043-044-061-062-063-074-075-076-077-084-085-086-087-088- 100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1053 PM CDT (953 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1150 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT AND BE NEAR SYRACUSE BY 1030 PM CDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE ELKHART GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...LIBERAL AND SCOTT CITY. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ031-043-044-061-062-063-074-075-076-077-084-085-086-087-088- 100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1053 PM CDT (953 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1150 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT AND BE NEAR SYRACUSE BY 1030 PM CDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE ELKHART GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...LIBERAL AND SCOTT CITY. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ031-043-044-061-062-063-074-075-076-077-084-085-086-087-088- 100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION 2ND PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1053 PM CDT (953 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1150 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT AND BE NEAR SYRACUSE BY 1030 PM MDT (1130 PM CDT). STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE ELKHART...GARDEN CITY... ULYSSES...LIBERAL AND SCOTT CITY. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ031-043-044-061-062-063-074-075-076-077-084-085-086-087-088- 100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION 2ND PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1053 PM CDT (953 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 1150 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY BY 10 PM MDT AND BE NEAR SYRACUSE BY 1030 PM MDT (1130 PM CDT). STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE ELKHART...GARDEN CITY... ULYSSES...LIBERAL AND SCOTT CITY. KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny, Stanton | 22 min |
| Jun 10, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 14 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.