Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 9:33 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jul 7, 8:33 AM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ035-071430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 832 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 578 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER lIN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILINE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:39 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-071430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 837 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #578 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF NO
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:00 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-071500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 900 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS ARE BUFFETING PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 9 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CLAY CENTER TO JUST EAST OF ABILENE. OUTFLOW WINDS BEHIND THE STORMS ARE BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE CONCORDIA AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXITING DICKINSON COUNTY AROUND 945 AM AND CROSSING WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM WITH GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS OVER CLOUD AND PARTS OF OTTAWA AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 930 AM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:02 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-071500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 900 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS ARE BUFFETING PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 9 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CLAY CENTER TO JUST EAST OF ABILENE. OUTFLOW WINDS BEHIND THE STORMS ARE BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE CONCORDIA AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXITING DICKINSON COUNTY AROUND 945 AM AND CROSSING WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM WITH GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS OVER CLOUD AND PARTS OF OTTAWA AND REPUBLIC COUNTIES SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 930 AM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:07 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
KSZALL-071500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 908 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 578 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:22 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ054-071525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 921 AM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED FOR LYON COUNTY... AT 918 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA NEAR THE CHASE/LYON COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS ACROSS THE TURNPIKE SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA BY 930 PM AND MOVE INTO THE EMPORIA AND OLPE AREAS BY 945 PM<. WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AND PERSONS IN ITS PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS BRIEF...VERY HEAVY RAIN. PHILLIPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 45 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.