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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Goodland, KS

June 7, 1994Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 11:35 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
55 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 00:00Z, 4.6 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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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, Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT, 6 hours before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-072335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
434 PM MDT (534 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR NORTON...GRAHAM AND
ROOKS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 435 PM MDT...535 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE WATCH AREA.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-080050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
548 PM MDT (648 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTON...GRAHAM AND ROOKS
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 545 PM MDT...645 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

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 L(ATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RFF
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ079>081-KSZ004-016-017-080215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
712 PM MDT (812 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL (9 PM MDT 10 PM CDT) AND FOR ROOKS...GRAHAM
AND NORTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 700 PM MDT (800 PM CDT) GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA.  THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL
DUNDY COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT15 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST4 WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

JENNER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ004-016-017-080250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
746 PM MDT (846 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ROOKS...GRAHAM AND NORTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 745 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE
WEATHER WAS OVER THE WATCH AREA.  THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS AREA UNLESS THUNDER-
STORMS RE DEVELOP.

JENNER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
COZ090-080315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
812 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 810 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLJER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE WEATHER IN
NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY.  THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED IN
YUMA COUNTY HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  THIS WILL BE THE LAST
STATEMENT ISSUED FOR UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS RE DEVELOP.

JENNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne65 min
Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne65 min
Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne66 min
Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman64 min
Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas65 min
Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman41 min
Jun 7, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jun 7, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips67 min
Jun 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton48 min
Jun 7, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham68 min
Jun 7, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham62 min
Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton39 min
Jun 8, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks63 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips67 min
Jun 8, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne57 min
Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins66 min
Jun 8, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur57 min
Jun 8, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur48 min
Jun 7, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma66 min
Jun 8, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma55 min
Jun 8, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma66 min
Jun 8, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma55 min
Jun 8, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock65 min
Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy45 min
Jun 8, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy43 min
Jun 8, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.