Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 10:02 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 4374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOP 020304 RRA SVRTOP KSC111-139-020400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1002 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LYON COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY AT 1000 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA NEAR ADMIRE TO TOPEKA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...ADMIRE AND CARBONDALE BY 1045 MPH. CAMPERS AT POMANA LAKE AN MELVERN RESERVOIR SHOULD SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS. 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. WALAWENDER
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, Jul 1, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY BY 850 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NOES WWUS35KSUX .c
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY BY 850 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NOES WWUS35KSUX .c
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 853 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 850 PM CDT RADAR COMTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 853 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 850 PM CDT RADAR COMTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE S(TORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 947 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON... AND SMITH COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED... AT 947 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANHATTAN TO SALINA TO GREAT BEND MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:48 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 947 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR NORTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON... AND SMITH COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED... AT 947 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANHATTAN TO SALINA TO GREAT BEND MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. PACKETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 57 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.