Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 5:44 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perkins County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 062346 RRA SVRLBF NEC135-070030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 644 PM CDT (544 PM MDT) MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY AT 540 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 5 MILES NORTH OF VENANGO OR ABOUT 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MONSON 2344Z
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, Jun 6, 3:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057-059-071-062225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 424 PM CDT (324 PM MDT) MON JUN 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT(9 PM MDT)... AT 420 PM CDT(320 PM MDT)...RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...XMOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DALEY
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-071-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 541 PM CDT (441 PM MDT) MON JUN 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS...ARTHUR...MCPHERSON...LOGAN... KEITH...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA. AT 430 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SHERIDAN COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE. ANOTHER GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... WITH ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL LOCATED ABOUT 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF VENANGO...IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS TRAVEL<ING OR VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:17 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
NEZ005-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 517 PM MDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10PM CDT (9PM MDT)... AT 610 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF VALENITNE NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADVANCE PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL DURING A TORNADO WATCH. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. RENZ
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:40 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-069-071-070040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 638 PM CDT (538 PM MDT) MON JUN 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS...ARTHUR...MCPHERSON...LOGAN... KEITH...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA. AT 530 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR OGALLALA...TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR VENANGO. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF VENANGO OR ABOUT 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF VENANGO OR ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN PERKINS AND SOUTHWEST KEITH COUNTIES. PERSONS TRAVELING OR VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 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.