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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Goodland, KS

June 11, 1994Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 8:58 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1994, 8:58 PM MDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1994, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wallace County, KS

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 11, 4:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-112320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
419 PM MDT (519 PM CDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...

AT 415 PM MDT (515 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND VISUAL
OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO RAPIDLY
DEVELOP ALONG THE NEBRASKA / KANSAS BORDER.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY RAPIDLY BECOME STRONG...
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR
THUNDERSTORM FORMATION THROUGH 530 PM MDT (630 PM CDT) WILL BE
NORTHWEST OF A MCCOOK / GOODLAND / FLAGLER LINE.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...THE GROUND REMAINS
SATURATED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
KANSAS.  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING zMAY
PRODUCE SOME LOW-LAND FLOODING.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

BARKER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:52 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ079-KSZ001-112355-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
451 PM MDT (551 PM CDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE BENKELMAN AREA...

AT 450 PM MDT (550 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER BENKELMAN NEBRASKA.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING LITTLE AND
WAS LIKELY DROPPING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL ALONG WITH SOME
SMALL HAIL.  RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST
CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...THIS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME MINOR
6FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

BARKER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ001-002-120050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
551 PM MDT (651 PM CDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY THROUGH NORTHEAST
CHEYENNE AND NORTHWEST RAWLINS COUNTIES...

AT 545 PM MDT (645 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
RAWLINS COUNTY...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENKELMAN NEBRASKA.  THIS STORM
WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE
VICINITY OF MACDONALD AND BEARDSLEY BY 745 PM CDT.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME SMALL HAIL WAS LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM.  WITH THE SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS CAUSED BY RAINS DURING THE
PAST FEW DAYS...SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND WASHES IS LIKELY
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
CLOUD.  PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM ISj
NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

BARKER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSC153-120145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT (748 PM CDT) SAT JUN 11 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN RAWLINS COUNTY...

AT 745 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEARDSLEY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RAWLINS COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM
CDT.  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY AROUND 650 PM CDT.

SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.  RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN RAWLINS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas67 min
Jun 11, 6:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins41 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas30 min
Jun 11, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan68 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan58 min
Jun 12, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert, Lincoln35 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.