Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1994, 9:18 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1994, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hayes County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 070219 RRA SVRLBF NEC085-070315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 918 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...HAYES COUNTY AT 915 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAYES CENTER IS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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. 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, Sep 6, 6:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ005-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 500 PM MDT (600 PM CDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 458 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...JUST NORTH OF KILGORE NEBRASKA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL TRAVERSE NORTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD PRERAPE FOR GUSTY WIND... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 700 PM CDT. HORNE
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
NEZ035-070025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 624 PM CDT (524 PM MDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE COMMUNITY OF ARTHUR... AT 522 PM MDT RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE LOCATED 75 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF ARTHUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR...WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR ARTHUR SHOULD PREPARE FOR THREATENING WEATHER BY 6 PM MDT. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. SC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ023-035-057-058-069-070115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 714 PM CDT (614 PM MDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCVRRING IN ADVANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE... AT 610 PM MDT RADAR REVEALED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 55 MILES WIDE...WHICH WERE LOCATED FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE... TO 115 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 80 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR OSHKOSH IN GARDEN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN COOLED AIR HAD CREATED DOWNDRAFTS IN ADVANCE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 39 TO 54 MILES AN HOUR BY SPOTTERS IN AND NEAR OGALLALA. 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, Sep 6, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours before
NEZ023-035-057-058-069-070115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 714 PM CDT (614 PM MDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE... AT 610 PM MDT RADAR REVEALED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 55 MILES WIDE...WHICH WERE LOCATED FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE... TO 115 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 80 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR OSHKOSH IN GARDEN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN COOLED AIR HAD CREATED DOWNDRAFTS IN ADVANCE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 39 TO 54 MILES AN HOUR BY SPOTTERS IN AND NEAR OGALLALA. 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, Sep 6, 8:32 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
NEZ005-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 731 PM MDT (831 PM CDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY... AT 728 PM MDT (828 PM CDT)...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF CODY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING CONDITIONS DURING THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO EFFECT THEIR AREA THROUGH 830 PM MDT (930 PM CDT). HORNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 57 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.