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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 9, 1994Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1994, 6:02 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1994, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 092302
TORDDC
KSC007-092330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
602 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN BARBER COUNTY
 
AT 601 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE
TORNADO SHOULD BE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE AND SHARON AREAS BY 625 PM.
 
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.
 
HUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton26 min
Apr 9, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward39 min
Apr 9, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCSeward27 min
Apr 9, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade31 min
Apr 9, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade36 min
Apr 9, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton26 min
Apr 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens40 min
Apr 9, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark25 min
Apr 9, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa31 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt30 min
Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards24 min
Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford48 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.