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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS North Platte, NE

September 3, 1994Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1994, 4:52 PM MDT for Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1994, 4:52 PM MDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1994, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Arthur County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Sep 3, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-032245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
445 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT) FOR
   SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL  NEBRASKA...

AT 430 PM CDT (330 MDT)...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 60 MILES WEST TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.
THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BIG SPRINGS IN DEUEL COUNTY WHICH IS 65 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANT IN PERKINS COUNTY
WITH IS 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

DALEY
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:46 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
NEZ005-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
445 PM MDT (545 PM CDT) SAT SEP 3 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM MDT / 11 PM CDT...

AT 443 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN PART OF CHERRY COUNTY.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...TO 65 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL
HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT / 700 PM CDT.
EMANUEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln52 min
Sep 3, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith53 min
Sep 3, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson62 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.