Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1994, 5:49 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1994, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1994, 6:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garden County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -683 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBFF 072349 RRA SVRBFF NEC069-080030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 549 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SCOTTSBLUFF HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...EASTERN GARDEN COUNTY AT 547 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN GARDEN COUNTY. ONE WAS 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST GAR\DEN COUNTY...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT. PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS. EMANUEL
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, Aug 7, 3:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 333 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 331 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY OF THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE STORM WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS OVER SHERIDAN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 333 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AlT 331
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 333 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 331 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY OF THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE STORM WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE. THE STORpMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS OVER SHERIDAN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:54 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 454 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994 ...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... AT 452 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY OF THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ONE STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE...WHILE THE OTHER WAS 23 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:25 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
NEZ005-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 523 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) SAT AUG 6 1994 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHERRY COUNTY... AT 522 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTHERN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. EASTLACK
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:28 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
NEZ005-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 523 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) SAT AUG 6 1994 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHERRY COUNTY... AT 522 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND SMALL HAIL MAY BE PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. EASTLACK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 39 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.