Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:13 AM CDT for Allen County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 150515 SVRICT KSC001-205-150615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1213 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...WILSON COUNTY AND ALLEN COUNTY AT 1213 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED NORTHWEST OF COYVILLE...OR 20 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO PETROLIA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF FREDONIA...HUMBOLDT...IOLA..AND PETROLIA ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD MOVE TO THEIR STORM SHELTERS AT ONCE TO PROTECT AGINST LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HYSELL
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 14 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
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ071-072-150245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 838 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 835 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FAST DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE...OR JUST EAST OF ROSE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN IOLA AND HUMBOLDT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. *TORNADO WATCH #84 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT* HYSELL @
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ052-053-068-069-070-071-072-083-092-093-094-095-096-098-099- 150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 954 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #84 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MARION...HARVEY...AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE NEWTON AND WICHITA AREAS...SO AS A RESULT TORANDO WATCH #84 WHICH COVERED SEDGWICK...HARVEY AND MARION COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH DOES CONTINUE FOR SUMNER...BUTLER...CHASE...AND COWLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG WITH MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ053-069-070-072-092-093-094-095-096-098-099-150445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1039 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #84 CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1030 PM CDT...NO PRECIPIATION WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A EL DORADO TO CALDWELL LINE. WHEN THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS WELL AS LOCAL TELEVIShION AND RADIO STATIONS TO KEEP ABREAST ON THE LATEST WEATHER SITUATION. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:19 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ069-070-071-093-095-150515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1117 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY FORMING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1115 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF SEVERY AND FALL RIVER ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE QUICKLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. *A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ093-094-098-150530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1135 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER COWLEY COUNTY... FROM NEAR ATLANTA... OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF ELDORADO... TO ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL BE PASSING ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF CAMBRIDGE BY 1145 PM... AND CLOVERDALE AND GRENOLA BY 1155 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BURDEN... HOOSER... GRENOLA... OR CEDAR VALE... BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSEfRVED OR A WARNING ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 84 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. CAMPBELL
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, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 65 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.