Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 7:53 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1994, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Norton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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, May 5, 5:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-052320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 417 PM MDT (517 PM CDT) THU MAY 5 1994 AT 415 PM MDT (515 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTY AROUND 430 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEOTI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LATER THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
COZ090>092-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 440 PM MDT THU MAY 5 1994 AT 437 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY OF EASTERN COLORADO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF FLAGLER JUST AFTER 5 PM MDT. SMALL HAIL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY EXCEED SEVERE LEVELS A PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-060010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 509 PM MDT (609 PM CDT) THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #188 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT) FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 505 PM MDT (605 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER GREELEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRIBUNE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE NO OTHER PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT) FOR THAT AREA OF NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND EAST OF A TRIBUNE TO OBERLIN LINE. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 51 min |
| May 5, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 69 min |
| May 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 69 min |
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 62 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 63 min |
| May 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 59 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 55 min |
| May 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 64 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| May 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 30 min |
| May 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 35 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.