Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 8:50 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 4374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
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, Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-020135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 733 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 725 PM...RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN MARSHALL AND NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 750 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 TORNADO WATCHES #534 AND #536 COVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 750 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING JEWELL...REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY WAY OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA. BE PREPARED TOX TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 750 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 TORNADO WATCHES #534 AND #536 COVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 750 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING JEWELL...REPUBLIC AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY WAY OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:26 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ010>012-022>026-036>040-054>056-058-059-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 825 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...STRONG WIND WERE MOVING THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY... AT 815 PM...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED 45 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVILLE. AT 815 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WA TER CROSSINGS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY BY 850 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NOES WWUS35KSUX .c
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF SMITH COUNTY BY 850 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NOES WWUS35KSUX .c
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 57 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.