Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1994, 7:10 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1994, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCNK 060012 RRA SVRCNK KSC041-060045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 710 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH / SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE OR JUST NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND WILL BE JUST NORTH OF HOLLAND AND WEST OF KANSAS HIGHWAY 15 BY 720 PM AND JUST WEST OF NAVARRO BY 735 PM CDT. 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. NOLES
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, Jun 5, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 546 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DICKINSON COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CARLTON. THIS THUNDER- STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL AS IT DRIFTS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 5 MPH. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY SOUTH OF CARLTON AND ELMO REMAIN ALERT TO THIS STORM AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROA2CHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. SW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 638 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 632 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF DICKINSON COUNTY IN EASTERN MCPHERSON AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES...HOWEVER THESE STORMS REMAIN SOUTH OF SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A SMALL BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO FORMED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY JUST WEST OF CARLTON AFTER 645 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA CAN EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN- FALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WITH ITS PASSAGE. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES...SW....
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 638 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 632 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF DICKINSON COUNTY IN EASTERN MCPHERSON AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES...HOWEVER THESE STORMS REMAIN SOUTH OF SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A SMALL BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO FORMED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY JUST WEST OF CARLTON AFTER 645 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA CAN EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN- FALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WITH ITS PASSAGE. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS 6AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES...SW....
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ031>038-018>022-047-060100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 646 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 328 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... OTTAWA ...CENTRAL... BARTON LINCOLN RUSSELL ...EAST CENTRAL... GEARY THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATtCH... GREAT BEND JUNCTION CITY RUSSELL END
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DICKINSON COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH TOWARDS THE CARLTON AND HOLLAND AREAS IN SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY. THIS STORM COMPLEX MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS OTTAWA COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED...AND HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:52 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #328 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DICKINSON COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH TOWARDS THE CARLTON AND HOLLAND AREAS IN SOUTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY. THIS STORM COMPLEX MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS OTTAWA COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED...AND HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
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.