Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 49 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.