Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 6:16 PM CDT for Jackson County, Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 252316 SVRTOP KSC177-085-087-252345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 616 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...JACKSON COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE TOPEKA AREA ARE PRODUCING WINDS TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE HOLTON AND OSKALOOSA AREAS BY 630 PM. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLYJ LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KISNER &
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 25, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-252255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 452 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 450 PM SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM JUST NORTH OF MANHATTAN ALONG TUTTLE CREEK LAKE TO NEAR EMPORIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS AT THIS TIME. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AN THESE ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY REACH THE AREA BETWEEN EMPORIA AND OTTAWA BY 530 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WATCH COVERS THAT PART OF THE REGION WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR SENECA TO OTTAWA. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AS CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY. KISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ031-061-081-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 507 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 116 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...CENTRAL... ELLIS ...SOUTH CENTRAL... PRATT STAFFORD THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH... HAYS PRATT BILLS
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 525 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH... AT 520 PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF MANHATTAN NEAR COUNCIL GROVE TO EAST OF EMPORIA NEAR BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS CURRENT SPEED...RAIN SHOULD REACH INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN 6 AND 630 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO F0AR THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REGION UNTIL 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. KISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 526 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #116 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 525 PM RADAR SHOWED THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTH OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH ARE MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATOMA OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVAN GROVE OR 25 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLYCHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO <NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING CONCERNING THIS VERY VOLATILE SITUATION. ..PACKETT..
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-260005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 604 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS OVERSPREADING NORTHEAST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TOPEKA AREA IS PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS. GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 630 PM. THE WINDS SHOULD REACH THE LAWRENCE AREA BY 615 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE JACKSON AND JEFFERSON COUNTY AREAS BY 630 PM. THE OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME TREE AND WINDOW DAMAGE AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH THE OSAGE CITY AND CARBONDALE AREAS AROUND 550 PM. THOSE AT AREA LAKES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING TO SHELTER AT THIS TIME. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY ROUGH WATERS ON THESE LAKES. KISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ019-260015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 613 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 AT 613 PM RADAR SHOWS THE STORM OVER MITCHELL COUNTY TO BE WEAKENING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT 50 MPH...THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. MDOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5O MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 25 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.