Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 7:50 AM CDT for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 7, 1994, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Hastings To, NE | A tornado north of Hastings caused extensive damage to one house and one business. Another tornado just north of Juniata damaged two farm houses, destroyed several outbuildings, and overturned vehicles. Crop damage in Adams County was estimated at $10 millio |
| Jun 7, 8:17 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Juniata, NE | A tornado north of Hastings caused extensive damage to one house and one business. Another tornado just north of Juniata damaged two farm houses, destroyed several outbuildings, and overturned vehicles. Crop damage in Adams County was estimated at $10 millio |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -711 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
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 7, 4:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 403 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 355 AM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON NEAR GOTHENBURG. REPORTS FROM GOTHENBURG INDICATED THE STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND MAY MOVE INTO THE SUMNER AND EDDYVILLE AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP ABREAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. GRIFFITH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 403 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 355 AM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON NEAR GOTHENBURG. REPORTS FROM GOTHENBURG INDICATED THE STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND MAY MOVE INTO THE SUMNER AND EDDYVILLE AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD KEEP ABREAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. GRIFFITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 45 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.