Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 8:26 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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, 8:26 PM MDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Brewster, KS | Spotter observed tornado 9 NNW of Brewster moving southeast at 20 mph. |
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, 2.4 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 080232 COR TORGLD KSC181-080330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 826 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY AT 815 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO SPOTTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE CHEYENNE-SHERMAN COUNTY LINE AT HIGHWAY 27. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 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 CULVERT. 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, 3:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 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 51 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, 5:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 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, 1 hour 13 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, 7:47 PM MDT, 39 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, 8:13 PM MDT, 13 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.
| 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, 7:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 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 |
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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.