Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:10 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chautauqua County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 14, 6:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-083-092-093-094-095-096-098-099- 150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 658 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #84 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM... ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ARE RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. WHEN THESE STORMS FIRE...THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN TORNADOES. SO AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS: MARION...CHASE...COWLEY...HARVEY...SEDGWICK...AND SUMNER... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES: ALLEN...CHAUTAUQUA...ELK...GREENWOOD...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...WILSON... AND WOODSON. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION PRIOR TO 800 PM IN HARVEY...MARION...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES...AND LATER THIS EVENING...FOR THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA. HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 67 min |
| Apr 14, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Wilson | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.