Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phelps County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 KGRI 290201 TORGRI NEC137-290230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 900 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...PHELPS COUNTY AT 9 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 6 AND 34 NEAR HOLDREGE. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE YOUR LIVES. DOXEY
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, May 28, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 540 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF ORD...SOUTHWEST TO LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO ARCADIA AND LOUP CITY BY 600 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. APFEL
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 540 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF ORD...SOUTHWEST TO LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO ARCADIA AND LOUP CITY BY 600 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. APFEL
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 644 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM LITCHFIELD...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MILLER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY. THESE STORMS CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN LITCHFIELD. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 644 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM LITCHFIELD...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MILLER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY. THESE STORMS CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN LITCHFIELD. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 820 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING DAWSON...FURNAS...AND GOSPER COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DANNEBROG...TO RIVERDALE...TO ELM CREEK. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WOOD RIVER AND KEARNEY BY 830 PM CDT. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DOXEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:22 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 820 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING DAWSON...FURNAS...AND GOSPER COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DANNEBROG...TO RIVERDALE...TO ELM CREEK. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WOOD RIVER AND KEARNEY BY 830 PM CDT. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. JBE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DOXEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 52 min |
| May 28, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 42 min |
| May 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Webster | 48 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.