Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1994, 8:51 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Frontier County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 090152 RRA SVRLBF NEC063-090230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 851 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY AT 846 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF MOOREFIELD IN FRONTIER COUNTY. THE TOWN OF EUSTIS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS...ALONG WITH PRODIGIOUS RAINFALL. 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. 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, Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-082125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 PM CDT (226 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT ( 8 PM MDT ) THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE ONLY COUNTIES IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE CHASE...HAYES...FRONTIER AND CUSTER. AS OF 330 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND WILL BE APPROACHING GRANT AND ARTHUR COUNTIES BY 430 PM CDT. 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 INFOR.MATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>037-057>059-082245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT ( 8 PM MDT ) THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE ONLY COUNTIES IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE CHASE...HAYES...FRONTIER AND CUSTER. AT 440 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN GRANT...ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN KEITH COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL OF AN APPROACHING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT ( 8 PM MDT ) FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT ( 11 PM MDT ) FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KEITH COUNTY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND NO LONGER ARE SEVERE. AT 630 PM CDT A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST KEITH COUNTY AND NORTHEAST PERKINS COUNTY. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF DICKENS AND ELSIE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:53 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
NEZ024-025-036>038-058-059-069-090145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 749 PM CDT (645 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 738 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY WERE NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT. RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF STAPLETON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAPLETON IS LOCATED 22 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...IN LOGAN COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WAS BEING RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ARNOLD...CALLAWAY...AND OCONTO... BY 820 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BRADY...WELLFLEET AND FARNAM IN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCING THE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LSC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
NEZ024-025-036>038-058-059-069-090145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 824 PM CDT (724 PM MDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 9 PM CDT FOR MCPHERSON...LOGAN... LINCOLN AND PERKINS COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT OR 11 PM MDT FOR CHASE...HAYES...AND FRONTIER COUNTIES... AT 810 PM CDT RADAR REVEALED A SMALL LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING PRODIGIOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...AND EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR ALSO STILL INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...NORTHWEST CUSTER COUNTY ...EASTERN KEITH PERKINS AND WESTERN HAYES COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT FOR THE COUNTIES WHICH REMAIN IN THE WATCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT OR 11 PM MDT FOR CHASE...HAYES...AND FRONTIER COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER. SC
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.