Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1994, 8:34 PM CDT for Custer County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1994, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 240135 RRA SVRLBF NEC041-113-240230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 834 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES WEST OF STAPLETON...BY THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN 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. SC &
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 23, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ035-057-058-069-232225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 420 PM CDT (320 PM MDT) SAT JUL 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR ARTHUR...CHASE...KEITH AND PERKINS COUNTIES... AT 315 PM MDT RADAR WAS NOT INDICATING ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS... WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. SC SC
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
NEZ035-057-058-069-232315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 512 PM CDT (412 PM MDT) SAT JUL 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR ARTHUR...CHASE...KEITH AND PERKINS COUNTIES... AT 410 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SIDNEY IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL WERE LOCATED NEAR YUMA...IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. A THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS STILL DEVELOPING WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF STAPLETON. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. SC SC
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035-036-057-058-069-240035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 632 PM CDT (532 PM MDT) SAT JUL 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 525 PM MDT (625 PM CDT) RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 65 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF TRYON...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. SC
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NEZ023-035-036-057>059-069-240135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 731 PM CDT (631 PM MDT) SAT JUL 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 625 PM MDT (725 PM CDT) A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WAS LOCATED JUST 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF ARTHUR. ARTHUR IS LOCATED 52 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MCPHERSON AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LINCOLN COUNTIES...OR FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR... AND COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. 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. SC
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:25 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-240230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION... AT 825 PM CDT A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENCOMPASSED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN MOST AREAS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND NO LONGER POSED A THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CALLAWAY...OR 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CUSTER COUNTY...NEAR MASON CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS AC\ROSS PARTS OF CUSTER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SC
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:26 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-240230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION... AT 825 PM CDT A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENCOMPASSED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN MOST AREAS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND NO LONGER POSED A THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CALLAWAY...OR 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CUSTER COUNTY...NEAR MASON CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF CUSTER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 54 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.