Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1994, 2:26 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 2:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawes County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 082027 TORBFF NEC045-082100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 226 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SCOTTSBLUFF HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ...DAWES COUNTY AT 223 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS 28 MILES SOUTH OF CHADRON NEBRASKA...NEAR THE DAWES AND BOX2 BUTTE COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 25 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 8, 12:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 57 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, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 44 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, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.