Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 8:13 AM CDT for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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, 1.2 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRI 071314 TORGRI NEC001-071345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 813 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...ADAMS COUNTY AT 810 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF HASTINGS. 85 MPH WINDS WERE OBSERVED AT THE HASTINGS WEATHER OFFICE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM AND IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN HASTINGS SHOULD GO TO THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS AT ONCE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTEDRIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. DROZD &
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, Jun 7, 4:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 4 hours 9 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, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 40 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.