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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Hastings, NE

July 1, 1994Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 6:37 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1994, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2518 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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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, Jul 1, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-012230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
315 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXCEPT FURNAS COUNTY
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A 315 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...HOWEVER
CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER lRADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.

URBAN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-012230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXCEPT FURNAS COUNTY
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE DEVELOPING STAGE NEAR THAYER AND
GRESHAM OR JUST NORTHEAST OF YORK IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL UNTIL 500 PM CDT ACROSS EASTERN YORK
COUNTY AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL
9 PM THIS EVENING.  YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL MEDIA BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER FOR
SAFETY.
LE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-012330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
520 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF GRAND
ISLAND.  ONE STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER.
THE OTHER ONE WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR CHAPMAN.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...AND WILL AFFECT
CENTRAL CITY...ARCHER...AND CLARKS THROUGH 6 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING.  YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO JMONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER FOR SAFETY.
EWALD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley44 min
Jul 1, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Sherman67 min
Jul 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick28 min
Jul 1, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Nance47 min
Jul 1, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, York30 min
Jul 1, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Merrick, Polk53 min
Jul 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hamilton, Kearney51 min
Jul 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps51 min
Jul 1, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork51 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.