Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 4:03 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 24, 11:03 AM CDT, 5 hours before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-241700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1000 AM MDT (1100 AM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOSTLY DISSIPATED OVER EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 1040 AM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER DECATUR...NORTON...AND PHILLIPS COUNTY OF KANSAS HAVE DISSIPATED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS ACTIVITY. NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD FROM NEBRASKA INTO THE REGION. STATEMENTS WILL RESUME WHEN NEW ACTIVITY DEVELOPS SO IF YOU PLAN TO BE O&UTDOORS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. VJN
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1054 AM MDT (1154 AM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS PHILLIPS KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE ROOKS KS SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SYNOPSIS: THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY UNSTABLE OVER THE COUNTY WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A WEAK SECONDARY COLD FRONT FROM NEBRASKA WILL INTERACT WITH THIS INSTABILITY AND THE AVAILABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION DURING THIS TIME. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN CULPRIT. AS A RESULT...SPOTTER ACTIVVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VJN
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 149 PM MDT (249 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 AT 145 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN THOMAS AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY OF KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR PAGE CITY IN NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND MAY APPROACH THE LOGAN-GOVE COUNTY BORDER HALF WAY BETWEEN RUSSELL SPRINGS AND THE CITY OF GOVE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...SO STAY CLOSE TO YOUR SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. VJN
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...
YUMA COUNTY...DUNDY COUNTY....HITCHCOCK COUNTY AND
RED WILLOW COUNTY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE AREA COVERED BY THIS WATCH HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH AND WINDS OF
58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER.
AT 235 PM MDT (335 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE
OAKLEY VICINITY AND 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY. MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR.
THOUGH NO WATCH HAS YET BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS COULD
BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE RED WILLOW COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 PM MDT (358 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...
YUMA COUNTY...DUNDY COUNTY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTY.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE AREA COVERED BY THIS WATCH HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH AND WINDS OF
58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER.
AT 235 PM MDT (335 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE
OAKLEY VICINITY AND 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY. MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR.
THOUGH NO WATCH HAS YET BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS COULD
BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDAT"ES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
JACKSONNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.