Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1994, 7:54 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 7:54 PM MDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 250157 TORGLD COC063-KSC181-250300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 754 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...EXTREME EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SHERMAN COUNTY AT 751 PM MDT (851 PM CDT)...WEATHER SERIVE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE RULETON AREA BY 820 PM MDT. 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, May 24, 2:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 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, 3:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 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.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 4:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079-080-250000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MDT (556 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES...
AT 455 PM MDT (555 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THAT
PART OF NORTHEAST COLORADO OR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDED IN
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS STILL
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH
AREA DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...SO THE WATCH WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT).
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WZEATHER
AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079-080-250035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 536 PM MDT (636 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA... AT 530 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF YUMA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE 20 MILES NORTH OF YUMA BY 630 PM MDT. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS THUNDERSTORM IS VERY UNSTABLE...SO THE THUNDERSTORM DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN YUMA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN PARTICULARLY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. NORTHERN YUMA...DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). THE KEY TO SEVERE WEATHER SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:55 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-250155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 653 PM MDT (753 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 650 PM MDT (750 PM CDT)...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN YUMA AND ECKLEY...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ECKLEY AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA. YUMA LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP TO 45 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE LAST HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YUMA AND DUNDY COUNTIES. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE PWATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 69 min |
| May 24, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.