Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 1:52 AM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 2:21 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 TTAA00 KDDC 090652 TORDDC KSC101-090745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 152 AM CDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LANE COUNTY AT 1 50 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIGHTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DIGHTON AREA AROUND 2 AM CDT. AT 125 AM...LANE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR HEALY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. FAGEN &
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 8, 11:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 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, 2 hours 48 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, 1 hour 42 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, 1 hour 42 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, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 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.