Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1994, 1:33 AM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1994, 1:33 AM MDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1994, 2:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Keith County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 070733 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC101-070830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
133 AM MDT WED SEP 7 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
THE CITY OF OGALLALA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KEITH
AT 125 AM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
OGALLALA IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING. LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH 30 TO
40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
MONSON 0732ZWhat 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, 8:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
NEZ005-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 829 PM MDT (929 PM CDT) TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY... AT 826 PM MDT (926 PM CDT)...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY OF CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF MERRITT DAM OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN WEAKENING OVER PAST HOUR AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DO SO. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE WEAKENING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCED BY PERSONS IN CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM MDT (1030 PM CDT). HORNE
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 10:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-070525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1124 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME QUITE STRONG... HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM 5 MILES TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELSIE OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. AT 1025 PM MDT THESE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY AS THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF ELSIE. RESIDENTS OF ELSIE...HAYES CENTER AND ALSO IMPERIAL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 10:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-070525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1124 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME QUITE STRONG... HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM 5 MILES TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELSIE OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. AT 1025 PM MDT THESE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY AS THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF ELSIE. RESIDENTS OF ELSIE...HAYES CENTER AND ALSO IMPERIAL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NEZ057>059-070615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1211 AM CDT (1111 PM MDT) WED SEP 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY NEAR OGALLALA OR 46 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. AT 1050 PM MDT OGALLALA REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSCOE...PAXTON AND SUTHERLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 12:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 1:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 65 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.