Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 5:41 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 242241 RRA SVRLBF NEC117-242315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 541 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...MC PHERSON COUNTY AT 535 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A CITIZEN IN THE VICINITY OF TRYON. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS HAIL WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MF &
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, May 24, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
NEZ038-059-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 259 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 259 PM CDT A 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ASHBY IN NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY...WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON NE... WHICH IS ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. ANOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SUTHERLAND NE ...WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE 15 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO NEAR WELLFLEET NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OFF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH. RN
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-070-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTI L100 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR SUTHERLAND... TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR WELLFLEET. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF STAPLETON. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES. THIS AREA STRETCHED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE DEVELOPING STROMS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-070-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR SUTHERLAND... TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR WELLFLEET. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF STAPLETON. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES. THIS AREA STRETCHED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE DEVELOPING STROMS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-070-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES WIDE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR SUTHERLAND... TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR WELLFLEET. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF STAPLETON. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES. THIS AREA STRETCHED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-070-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 430 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALLAWAY. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE ...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. IT WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTH EAST ARTHUR COUNTY BY 345 MDT. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO @MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:30 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069-071-242335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 528 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 520 PM CDT AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 25 TO 30 MILES WIDE WAS STRETCHED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR WHITMAN...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CALORA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF TRYON. THESE TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KEITH COUNTY BY 500 PM MDT WHILE OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY BY 545 CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ORf YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.