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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1994, 7:28 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1994, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 TTAA00 KDDC 060028 TORDDC KSC033-060100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 728 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...COMANCHE COUNTY... AT 726 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLDWATER...ALONG HIGHWAY 183 NEAR THE INTEjRSECTION OF HIGHWAY 1. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THE COLDWATER AREA SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT NOW. VERY LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM. CRAVEN/JOHNSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 4:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
KSZ031-046-065-066-081-090-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE STAFFORD AND ST. JOHN. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LASTEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSZ031-046-065-066-081-090-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE STAFFORD AND ST. JOHN. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LASTEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 543 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF PROTECTION...25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRYING TO FORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF LARNED...4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELPRE...AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARNED NEAR SEWARD. THE DEVELOPING STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS INCLUDING STAFFORD COUNTY. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 800 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...SO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 543 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF PROTECTION...25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRYING TO FORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF LARNED...4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELPRE...AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARNED NEAR SEWARD. THE DEVELOPING STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS INCLUDING STAFFORD COUNTY. CONDI&TIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 800 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...SO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:23 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ066-078-081-060125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 723 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 718 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT...JUST SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE AT HIGHWAY 50. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND SHOULD REMAIN OVER OPEN FARM COUNTRY NORTH OF BYERS THROUGH 740 PM. MEANWHILE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN KIOWA COUNTY WERE HEADING WEST INTO BUCKLIN AND FORD IN SOUTHEAST FORD COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY NEAR CENTERVIEW...BUT MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:24 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ066-078-081-060125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 723 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 718 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT...JUST SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE AT HIGHWAY 50. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND SHOULD REMAIN OVER OPEN FARM COUNTRY NORTH OF BYERS THROUGH 740 PM. MEANWHILE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN KIOWA COUNTY WERE HEADING WEST INTO BUCKLIN AND FORD IN SOUTHEAST FORD COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY NEAR CENTERVIEW. ..BUT MOVEMENT HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 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.