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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 7:31 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 2003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 17.4
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, Jul 1, 3:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 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 59 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, 2 hours 10 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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 27 min |
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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.