Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 8:10 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | St. Francis, KS | Tornado moved south southeast at 20 mph. Several pivot irrigation rigs were destroyed. Two grain bins and a barn were destroyed and a quonset building door was torn off. One large feedlot, farm home, and outbuildings were damaged and utility poles destroyed |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 080115 COR TORGLD KSC023-080215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 710 PM MDT (810 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT (915 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY AT 808 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND A SPOTTER HAVE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF ST. FRANCIS OR 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TORNADO WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CUBLVERT. BULLER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079>081-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 302 PM MDT (402 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ005-016-017-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED GENERIC CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 315 PM MDT (415 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR GRAHAM...PHILLIPS...AND ROOKS COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ004-016-017-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED COUNTY LISTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 330 PM MDT (430 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR GRAHAM...NORTON...AND ROOKS COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATEST WEATH(ER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079>081-KSZ004-016-017-072255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 351 PM MDT (451 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT ( 10 PM CDT) FOR NORTHEAST YUMA COUNTY OF COLORADO AND DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR NORTON...GRAHAM...AND ROOKS COUNTIES OF KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS EVENING...AND SOME OF THEM ARE APT TO BE SEVERE. THE STORMS COULD DEVELOP EXTREMELY RAPIDLY...SO IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING. AT 345 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN YUMA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes 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, 1 hour 21 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 68 min |
| Jun 7, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.