Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1994, 12:18 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1994, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 260520 RRA SVRTOP KSC111-139-177-260600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1218 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN LYON COUNTY...WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY ...SOUTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY AT 1215 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ALMA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ESKRIDGE...DOVER... HARVEYVILLE AND AUBURN TO NEAR BURLINGAME AND ADMIRE BY 1 AM CDT. 60 TO 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS EASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTHERN WABUNSEE COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GET TO A SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.! 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 DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 25, 9:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 957 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER OSBORNE COUNTY... AT 955 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OSBORNE COUNTY EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF DOWNS TO NEAR NATOMA. RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OVER 50 MPH...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY PEA-SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN OSBORNE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036-038>040-260410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1007 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1005 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES OF MARSHALL...NEMAHA AND BROWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO THE MARYSVILLE...SENECA AND HIAWATHA AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE WEST END OF THE LINE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND SINCE 930 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1009 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR TREK OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1008 PM CDT CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXTENDING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL TO BELOIT TO NEAR JAMESTOWN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...AND WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA-SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER OSBORNE COUNTY HAVE RAPIDLY WEAKENED. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036-038>040-260410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1007 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1005 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES OF MARSHALL...NEMAHA AND BROWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO THE MARYSVILLE...SENECA AND HIAWATHA AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE WEST END OF THE LINE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND SINCE 930 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARE(D TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1028 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA SOON TO AFFECT NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 1027 PM...CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTEAST NEBRASKA EXTENDING NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR HEBRON TO FAIRBURY TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER NORTH OF MARYSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AFTER 1045 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY... HOWEVER...PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 45 MPH OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LEADING EDGE. PERSONS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE THREATENING WEATHER OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-260445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1103 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1101 PM...CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAILY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ABILENE TO TO JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVEING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH... ALTHOUGH NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BEHIND THE MAIN AREA...WEST OF OSBORNE AND SMITH CENTER. THE THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HAVE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF HARLAN. STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. . PERSONS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA 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 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 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.