Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 3:46 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 252046
SVRLBF
NEC041-252130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
346 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CUSTER
AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW. BROKEN BOW IS 49 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF BROKEN BOW AND
MERNA BY 350 PM CDT.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER WARNING FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
CUSTER COUNTIES. MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED IN
OCONTO AT 331 PM CDT...WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED 1 MILE
EAST OF WEISERT NEBRASKA AT 335 PM CDT.
SCWhat 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, Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NEZ023-025-035>038-057>059-069>071-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 235 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 225 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ARTHUR...OR 52 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...TO SARGENT...WHICH IS 61 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND EXTENDED SOUTH ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...BUT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...IN EASTERN FRONTIER AND WESTERN GOSPER COUNTIES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE. > THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SC
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:12 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
NEZ023-025-035>038-057>059-069>071-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 310 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 300 PM CDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CONCENTRATED IN A BAND ABOUT 55 MILES WIDE. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BRADY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER BATCH OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY...AND WAS POISED TO ENTER SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY BY 320 PM CDT. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY... ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITY OF OCONTO...SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THREATENING WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Antelope, Holt | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Antelope | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar | 67 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.