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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

February 18, 1994Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 1994, 4:41 PM CST for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 1994, 4:41 PM CST (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 1994, 5:45 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Norton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-02-18Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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 KGLD 182245 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC147-137-182345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
341 PM MST (441 PM CST) FRI FEB 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MST (545 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN NORTON COUNTY
 
AT 441 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF NORTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...AND WILL PASS OVER ALMENA BY 450 PM CST AND
WOODRUFF BY 515 PM CST.
 
SEVERE THUpNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
VJN

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, Feb 18, 2:23 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
123 PM MST (223 PM CST) FRI FEB 18 1994

...A LONE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 115 PM MST (215 PM CST)...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS NEAR OAKLEY AND COLBY
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.  HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

VJN
Special weather statement, Feb 18, 3:07 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
207 PM MST (307 PM CST) FRI FEB 18 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 200 PM MST (300 PM CST)...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM JUST NORTH
OF SYRACUSE TO JUST SOUTH OF COLBY.  OTHER SHOWERS WERE NEAR GOODLAND.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD PASS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF
OAKLEY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND MOVE TOWARD HOXIE.

HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

VJN
Special weather statement, Feb 18, 4:11 PM CST, 30 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
311 PM MST (411 PM CST) FRI FEB 18 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 300 PM MST (400 PM CST)...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF NORTON
SOUTHEAST TO NEAR SCOTT CITY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF
NORTON AND HILL CITY.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD PASS OVER NORTON
AND HILL CITY.

HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

VJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips49 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.