Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 8:57 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Portis, KS | This tornado broke contact with the ground several times but managed to knock down numerous telephone poles between Portis and Delphos as well as inflicting significant damage to several farm outbuildings just north of Delphos. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
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, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes 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, 31 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, 22 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, 22 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, 8:53 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 853 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 850 PM CDT RADAR COMTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:54 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ006>009-018>021-034-035-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 853 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 850 PM CDT RADAR COMTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE S(TORMS. PERSONS ON THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PACKETT
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, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 55 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, 8:58 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 |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.