Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 7:35 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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, 7:35 PM MDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:45 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Goodland, KS | Brief tornado observed by Goodland police over open country. |
| Jun 7, 8:10 PM MDT | Tornado F2 | Goodland, KS | Tornado inflicted $100,000 damage to farmstead. |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 080137 TORGLD KSC181-080230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 735 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY AT 731 PM MDT (831 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS OR 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO SHERMAN COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 AT 805 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECzE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 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, 3:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 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, 3:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 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, 3:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 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, 4:35 PM MDT, 3 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, 5:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 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, 7:13 PM MDT, 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 8:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 10:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 10:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 68 min |
| Jun 7, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 11:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 11:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 11:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 3:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:42 AM MDT | 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.