Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 6:44 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- May 5, 1994, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Marquette, NE | A small tornado briefly touched down west of Marquette. |
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 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, May 5, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
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.