Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1994, 9:26 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1994, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1994, 10:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 2329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 130226 RRA SVRLBF NEC111-130320- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 926 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1020 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 920 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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. FAUCETTE
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 12, 4:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-122240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 438 PM CDT (338 PM MDT) TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 900 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS ...ARTHUR...MCPHERSON...LOGAN...KEITH...LINCOLN AND PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT (8 PM MDT). AT 430 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO KEITH COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF THE KEITH/GARDEN COUNTY LINE AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA TO 75 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE OR 28 MILES WEST OF OGALLALA. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY INTO WESTERN KEITH COUNTY BY 300 PM MDT. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDIN^G STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
NEZ005-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 434 PM MDT (534 PM CDT) TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT / 9 PM CDT... AT 432 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF CHERRY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE FROM 50 MILES WEST TO 70 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTH TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG THEIR TRACK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM MDT / 9 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA THROUGH 530 PM MDT / 630 PM CDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069>071-122340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 539 PM CDT (439 PM MDT) TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS ...ARTHUR...MCPHERSON...LOGAN...KEITH...LINCOLN AND PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT (8 PM MDT). A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHASE...HAYES AND FRONTIER COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT). AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KEITH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 60 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OGALLALA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES BY 530 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
NEZ005-130030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 533 PM MDT (633 PM CDT) TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT / 9 PM CDT... AT 531 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF VELENTINE TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM MDT / 9 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THEIR AREA THROUGH 630 PM MDT / 730 PM CDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-130105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 706 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE LINE OF STORMS...SOME SEVERE...WHICH WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN GRANT COUNTY HAVE DECREASED SOME IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. AT 705 PM CDT THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR. THESE STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS ARTHUR COUNTY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF ARTHUR SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-130130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 727 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 625 PM MDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS ARTHUR COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE JUST NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF ARTHUR. RESIDENTS OF ARTHUR SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE. THIS STORM HAS BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AS IT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 3 hr |
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.