Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 3:11 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 3:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 130812 RRA SVRCNK KSC029-123-130900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 311 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN CLOUD COUNTY...EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY AT 310 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO GLASCO...ASHERVILLE BY 325 PM CDT AND AREAS NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF CONCORDIA BY 330 AM CDT. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. WHITMORE
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 13, 2:14 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-130800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 214 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 212 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL IN A 5 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 22 MILES EAST OF CON- CORDIA NEAR CLIFTON SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR DELPHOS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SIMPSON WEST TO NEAR TIPTON. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE....SW...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:14 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-130800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 214 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 212 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL IN A 5 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 22 MILES EAST OF CON- CORDIA NEAR CLIFTON SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR DELPHOS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SIMPSON WEST TO NEAR TIPTON. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE....SW...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>024-036-038-039-130840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 240 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 230 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR SENECA TO NORTH OF MANHATTAN NEAR WESTMORELAND TO JUST NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR WESTMORELAND. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY AREA BY 3 AM. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY SHOULD REACH THE TOPEKA AREA BE TWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A MANHATTAN TO HIAWATHA LINE UNTIL 4 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:53 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-130850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 253 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTH OF BELOIT...25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND 10 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF CLAY CENTER NEAR BROUGHTON. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE SCOTTSVILLE...WELLS...VINE CREEK AND BALA AREA THROUGH 320 AM CDT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATEN- ING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND AVOID WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE....SW...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:54 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-130850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 253 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTH OF BELOIT...25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND 10 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF CLAY CENTER NEAR BROUGHTON. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE SCOTTSVILLE...WELLS...VINE CREEK AND BALA AREA THROUGH 320 AM CDT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATEN- ING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND AVOID WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE....SW...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:59 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZALL-130900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 300 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 412 FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS HAVE WEAKENED AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALSO DECREASED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. KISNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.