Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1994Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 3:55 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1994, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1994, 4:22 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Republic County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 2 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 56 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
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:17 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:41 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith51 min
Jun 12, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell54 min
Jun 13, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic35 min
Jun 13, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud43 min
Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay25 min
Jun 13, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley33 min
Jun 13, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell29 min
Jun 13, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud49 min
Jun 13, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa46 min
Jun 13, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington35 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.