Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1994, 10:40 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1994, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1994, 11:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 210342 SVRCNK KSC183-210430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1040 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SMITH COUNTY AT 1038 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES 5 MILES EAST OF KENSINGTON...OR 20 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 NMOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BAKER
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 20, 6:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-210045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 655 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 5 MILES NORTH OF KENSINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SMITH COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-210045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 748 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...LONE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH OUT OF SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LONE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORA...OR 45 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH DnEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH- EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...STAY INDOORS AND REFRAIN FROM USING SMALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-210115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...COR EXP TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 750 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...LONE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH OUT OF SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LONE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORA...OR 45 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POS|SIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH- EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...STAY INDOORS AND REFRAIN FROM USING SMALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-210340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 938 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MARSHALL... RILEY...POTTAWATOMIE AND GEARY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 936 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:45 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-210345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 944 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #105 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 944 PM CDT CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NEBRASKA FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS NE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN NE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF STORMS DEVELOPE IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO SHELTER AWAY FROM WIN<DOWS. TA
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 10:37 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-210445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1036 PM CDT WED APR 20 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #105 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1035 PM CDT CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE SMITH-PHILLIPS COUNTY LINE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENSINGTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN SMITH COUNTY. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60F MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF STORMS DEVELOPE IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BAKER
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.