Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1994, 3:06 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 8, 1994, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garden County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Oshkosh, NE | A tornado briefly touched down with no apparent damage. |
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 8, 12:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
WYZ068-081930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1225 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN GOSHEN COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN GOSHEN COUNTY. AT 1220 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRONGEST WAS JUST SOUTH OF HAWK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER...PREFERABLY INDOORS. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. REQUEST THAT THEY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE CGB
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
WYZ068-081930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1225 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN GOSHEN COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN GOSHEN COUNTY. AT 1220 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRONGEST WAS JUST SOUTH OF HAWK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER...PREFERABLY INDOORS. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. REQUEST THAT THEY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE CGB
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-081945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1241 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA BORDER WILL MOVE INTO SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY BY 1 PM. AT 1239 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WILL PUT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING VICINITY AROUND 120 PM MDT. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-081945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1241 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE WYOMING/NEBRASKA BORDER WILL MOVE INTO SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY BY 1 PM. AT 1239 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WILL PUT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING VICINITY AROUND 120 PM MDT. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 1:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 1:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Garden | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Deuel | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.