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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 10:24 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 10:24 PM MDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
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 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 9, 9:31 PM MDT, 53 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, 9:31 PM MDT, 53 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, 9:56 PM MDT, 28 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, 9:56 PM MDT, 28 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, 9:58 PM MDT, 26 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, 9:58 PM MDT, 26 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, 9:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 10:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny, Stanton | 22 min |
| Jun 9, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 11:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 12:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 12:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 12:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 1:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 14 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.