Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 12:14 AM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coffey County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, Aug 6, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1100 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1102 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CLAY COUNTY... AT 1100 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY...8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN. SMALL HAIL AND BREIF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERTORM BEFORE IT EXITS THE COUNTY BY 1115 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...7 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSES TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER BY 1110 PM. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:16 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1116 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY... AT 1110 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN...OR JUST WEST RANDOLPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE TOWNS OF RANDOLPH AND LEONARDVILLE AS WELL AS TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHERN RILEY AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:17 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-070520- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1116 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY... AT 1110 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN...OR JUST WEST RANDOLPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE TOWNS OF RANDOLPH AND LEONARDVILLE AS WELL AS TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHERN RILEY AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-070545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1143 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1141 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY... AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE OAKHILL AND LONGFORD AREAS CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA BY 1150 PM. WINDS OVER 35 MPH...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...TAKER SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 68 min |
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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.