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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 1994Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 4:14 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1994, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1994, 4:38 AM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1994-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 886 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 1994-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 10, 10:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ043-044-045-061-062-063-064-074-075-076-077-078-084-085-086-
087-088-110530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1135 PM CDT (1035 PM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 1025 PM MDT (1125 PM CDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING POSSIBLE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HAMILTON AND BE NEAR
SYRACUSE BY 1040 PM MDT (1140 PM CDT).

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR
THE COUNTIES OF SCOTT...LANE...NESS...CLARK...GRAY...KEARNEY...STANTON
...FINNEY...HAMILTON...MEAD...STEVENS...FORD...HASKELL...MORTON...GRANT
...HODGEMAN...SEWARD. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GARDEN CITY...
DODGE CITY...LIBERAL...ULYSSES...SYRACUSE...SCOTT CITY.

KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ043-044-045-061-062-063-064-074-075-076-077-078-084-085-086-
087-088-110530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1135 PM CDT (1035 PM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY...

AT 1025 PM MDT (1125 PM CDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING POSSIBLE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HAMILTON AND BE NEAR
SYRACUSE BY 1040 PM MDT (1140 PM CDT).

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR
THE COUNTIES OF SCOTT...LANE...NESS...CLARK...GRAY...KEARNEY...STANTON
...FINNEY...HAMILTON...MEAD...STEVENS...FORD...HASKELL...MORTON...GRANT
...HODGEMAN...SEWARD. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GARDEN CITY...
DODGE CITY...LIBERAL...ULYSSES...SYRACUSE...SCOTT CITY.

KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ061-062-063-110630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1235 AM CDT (1135 PM MDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED TOWARDS LAKIN...

AT 1235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM AROUND KENDALL
MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM SHOULD REACH LAKIN
BY JUST AFTER 1 AM CDT.  IT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH ALONG HIGHWAY 50.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4 AM
CDT.  YOU SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM.  STAY ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ061-062-063-110630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1235 AM CDT (1135 PM MDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED TOWARDS LAKIN...

AT 1235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM AROUND KENDALL
MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM SHOULD REACH LAKIN
BY JUST AFTER 1 AM CDT.  IT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH ALONG HIGHWAY 50.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4 AM
CDT.  YOU SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM.  STAY ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:41 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ084-085-110645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1241 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994

...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AROUND ROLLA AND
WILBURTON...

AT 1241 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A PAIR OF NEWLY DEVELOPED
THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ROLLA AND WILBURTON...10 TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF ELKHART.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL REACH HUGOTON BY 110
AM CDT.

THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED TOSEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:41 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ084-085-110645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1241 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 1994

...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AROUND ROLLA AND
WILBURTON...

AT 1241 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A PAIR OF NEWLY DEVELOPED
THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ROLLA AND WILBURTON...10 TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF ELKHART.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL REACH HUGOTON BY 110
AM CDT.

THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED TOSEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant50 min
Jun 11, 12:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton64 min
Jun 11, 1:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny43 min
Jun 11, 2:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward35 min
Jun 11, 2:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant52 min
Jun 11, 2:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens34 min
Jun 11, 3:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny25 min
Jun 11, 3:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny31 min
Jun 11, 3:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens26 min

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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.