Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1994, 6:13 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1994, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1994, 6:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBFF 050016 TORBFF NEC045-161-050115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 613 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SCOTTSBLUFF HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...DAWES COUNTY...SHERIDAN COUNTY AT 610 PM MDT ATORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE MOVING E AT 20 MPH.. TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES. RENZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 4, 4:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WYZ005-008-009-013-015-050>058-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 430 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 400 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF SHERIDAN AND SOUTH OF WRIGHT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. SHORTLY AFTER 400 PM...A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS OBSERVED NEAR KAYCEE. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH IN NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WYOMING THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR STRONG WIND GUSTS. < WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WYZ005-008-009-013-015-050>058-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 430 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 400 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF SHERIDAN AND SOUTH OF WRIGHT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. SHORTLY AFTER 400 PM...A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS OBSERVED NEAR KAYCEE. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH IN NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WYOMING4 THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR STRONG WIND GUSTS. < WCJIN-WYNW-WYNE WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 448 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 445 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PANHANDLE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 448 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 445 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE COVERAGE SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PANHANDLE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 542 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES AWARE OF THE STORM ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
NEZ001>004-019>022-054>056-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 542 PM MDT SAT JUNE 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES AWARE OF THE STORM ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RENZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 19 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.