Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1994, 4:28 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1994, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1994, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Edson, KS | Small tornado, observed for 30 seconds by weather service employee, moved southeast over open country. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
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.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 1:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
151 PM MDT (251 PM CDT) SUN JUL 24 1994
RECOMMENDATIONS:
FOR TOP...RCMD KEEP CURRENT ZONE GROUPS.
ZONE GROUP 1...MINS 60 TO 65...40% CHC SOME PSBLY SVR...
MCLDY SKIES...SLY WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. MAXES MID 80S 20% OR
LESS CHC...PSUNNY SKIES...S TO SE WND 5 TO 15 MPH.
ZONE GROUP 2...MINS MID 60S...20% CHC WITH MCLDY SKIES...E-SE
WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. MAXES MID 80S...20%(ELY MRNG) AND LESS
THAN 20% FOR AFTN..PSUNNY SKIES...SE WND <10 MPH.
FOR OMA...MINS LWR 60S...30% FOR DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK(SOME SVR AND 20%
RED WILLOW WITH MCLDY SKIES ALL AREAS...EAST WIND <10 MPH.
MAXES LWR TO MID 80S...20% OR LESS CHC...PSUNNY SKIES...E
WNDS ARND 10 MPH.
FOR DEN...MINS 60 TO 65...40% CHC SOME PSBLY SVR...MCLDY SKIES...SLY
WNDS 5 TO 15 MPH. MAXES LWR TO MID 80S...30% CHC
AFTN...PSUNNY SKIES...S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
DISCUSSION:
GENERAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN NOT CHANGING SO NEXT TWO PERIODS TO CONT TO
SEE MORE OF THE SAME. THAT SCENARIO IS FRONT/LEE TROF IN AREA...MOIST
AMS WITH UPSLOPE FLOW...AND S/WS MOVING ACROSS AREA IN NW FLOW ALOFT.
NGM CONTS TO HANDLE UPR FEATURES THE BEST. SFC ANAL SHOWS FRONT STILL
TO NORTH OF CWA WITH A DRY/LESS MOIST LINE FRMG OVR CNTRL PTN OF CO
COUNTIES. WK S/W MOVG ACROSS CO AS INDICATED BY SATELLITE.
THAT S/W ALONG WITH HEATING HAS ALREADY DESTABILIZED AMS OVR CO WITH CU
FRMG OVR RMNG AREA. AREA PROFILERS SHOW GOOD DIR SHEAR BUT SPEED SHR
NOT THAT GREAT IN LOW AND MID LVLS. HWVR SATL AND 3MA SHOWING RIGHT
REAR OF QUAD OF JET OVR SW WY/WRN NE. ALL IN ALL...SHOULD SEE A SMLR
SCENARIO AS YDA/LAST NGTS. WITH MOST AMS...PLENTY OF CLD COVER...AND
850 MB TEMPS SMLR TO LAST NGTS...SHOULD SEE MINS IN SAME RANGE.
TMRW LOOK TO HAVE SAME PLAYERS IN STARTING UP CONVECTION AGAIN IN THE
MID TO LATE AFTN OVR WRN PTN OF CWA. TEMPS STRUGGLING TDY TO REACH
THE LWR AND MID 80S DUE TO THE CLD COVER. WITH TIME SCTNS SHOWG A SMLR
AMS ARND TMRW AND ALSO CLD COVER COMBINED WITH SMLR 850 TEMPS...MAXES
SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO TDAYS.
GLD 64/85 42 HLC 66/85 22
CBK 64/85 42 MCK 63/84 22
TRB 65/86 41 5C0 64/84 43
BULLERIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:08 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ001-002-013-014-242310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 408 PM MDT (508 PM CDT) SUN JUL 24 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 405 PM MDT (505 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS OF RURAL NORTHEAST THOMAS COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM THROUGH 6 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.