Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 4:22 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 915 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 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 KOFK 252123 SVROFK NEC183-252200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 422 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...WHEELER COUNTY AT 420 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK MOVING NORETH AT 50 MPH HEADED FOR WHEELER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF BARTLETT. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM. SMITH
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, Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 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, 1 hour 10 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, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 50 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.