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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT for Madison County, Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KOFK 210042 RRA SVROFK NEC119-139-210145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 742 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY AT 742 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF NORFOLK IN PIERCE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT PIERCE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. TDK &
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Wayne | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Stanton | 46 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.