Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 9:35 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 9:35 PM MDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hooker County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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, Jun 7, 5:06 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
NEZ005-080015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 506 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM MDT... AT 505 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 70 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE OR 15 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD PASS NEAR MERRIMAN BY 545 PM MDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. HORNE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-080035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 636 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT ( 9 PM MDT ) THIS TUESDAY EVENING EXCEPT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 535 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REMAIN JUST TO THE WEST OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR WHICH WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF KEITH COUNTY OR NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA AFTER 6 PM MDT. OGALLALA IS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES WITH SOME OF THESE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
NEZ005-080115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 608 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY... AT 606 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 60 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. HORNE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-080140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 738 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT ( 9 PM MDT ) THIS TUESDAY EVENING EXCEPT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 635 PM MDT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHILE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING JUST TO THE WEST ACROSS PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS LOCATED IN SHERIDAN COUNTY OF THE PANHANDLE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST WHICH WILL BRING THE STORM ACROSS NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA IF THE STORM HOLDS TOGETHER. RESIDENTS OF ASHBY...HYANNIS AND WHITMAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES WITH SOME OF THESE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ005-080215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 710 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY... AT 709 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE OR 30 SOUTH OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 815 PM MDT. HORNE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 829 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT ( 9 PM MDT ) THIS TUESDAY EVENING EXCEPT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 730 PM MDT SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH ONE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF HAYES CENTER OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE SHOWERS AND ONE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR PRODUCING ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD STAY ALERT AND STAY ABREAST OF CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP QUITE RAPIDLY IN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 10:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 49 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.