Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Labette County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 110231 SVRICT KSC099-110330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 930 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...LABETTE COUNTY AT 930 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR VALEDA... OR 8 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL REACH THE COMMUNITY OF ALAMONT BY 10 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ALTAMONT... VALEDA... OR PARSONS... FIND SHELTER NOW. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. CAMPBELL
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, Apr 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 340 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KANSAS FROM OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO KANSAS MAINLY EAST OF WELLINGTON BY 445 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHCENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 410 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 410 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHEAST KANSAS... EAST FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO COFFEYVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL COVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY 5 PM. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED... OR A WARNING ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK... OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING... OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GO*OD PART OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097-098-099-100- 101-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 451 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...ANOTHER STRONG BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE KANSAS/ OKLAHOMA BORDER... AT 445 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE...JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THE MOVED FURTHER NORTH INTO KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS...OR ALONG A RIVERS AND STREAMS BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 65 CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-073-083-092-093-094-095-096-097- 098-099-100-101-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 635 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS... MAINLY EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY AND EUREKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHCENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ072-073-094-095-096-097-098-099-100-101-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 830 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 825 PM... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS... MAINLY EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY AND EMPORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH 930 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. . CAMPBELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Apr 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.