Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 1:31 AM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 100634 RRA SVRDDC KSC175-100700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 131 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTY AT 130 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LIBERAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH LIBERAL BY 135 AM CDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN LIBERAL REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR WESTERN SEWARD COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 9, 10:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 33 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 10, 12:55 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-066-074-075-076- 077-078-079-080-081-084-087-088-089-090-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1251 AM CDT (1151 PM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 1250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM DODGE CITY TO THE COLORADO BORDER. THE BAND OF STORM CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND EAST WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BY 130 THIS MORNING IN KINSLEY...DODGE CITY...CIMMARRON...SUBLETTE...JOHNSON AND NESS CITY. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTINING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF DIGHTON...DODGE CITY...ASHLAND LINE UNTIL 4AM CDT. BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:55 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-065-066-074-075-076- 077-078-079-080-081-084-087-088-089-090-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1251 AM CDT (1151 PM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 1250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM DODGE CITY TO THE COLORADO BORDER. THE BAND OF STORM CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND EAST WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BY 130 THIS MORNING IN KINSLEY...DODGE CITY...CIMMARRON...SUBLETTE...JOHNSON AND NESS CITY. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTINING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF DIGHTON...DODGE CITY...ASHLAND LINE UNTIL 4AM CDT. BERG
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, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 58 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, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 14 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.