Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 6:10 AM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 10, 12:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ037-038-059-100615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1213 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS LOSING THEIR PUNCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS LOGAN AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ARE NOW INTO NORTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY AND CUSTER COUNTY. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD AT 1215 AM CDT. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE OPEN COUNTRY OF CUSTER COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NEZ023-024-035-100840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 237 AM CDT (137 AM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 130 AM MDT A SMALL BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY OR NORTH OF ASHBY WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF ASHBY...HYANNIS AND WHITMAN OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ023>025-035>038-057-059-100930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 327 AM CDT (227 AM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 225 AM MDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND HYANNIS AND WHITMAN OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A SMALLER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST KEITH COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ARTHUR COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE IN THE SUTHERLAND AND PAXTON AREAS BY 4 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NEZ024-025-035>038-057-059-101030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 428 AM CDT (328 AM MDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THE PLAINS... AT 425 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE...WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ACROSS THE RANGELAND OF HOOKER COUNTY ALONG WITH PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE SUTHERLAND AREA ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN. AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF SUTHERLAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.n MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:17 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
NEZ036>038-059-101115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 517 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 510 AM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 5 TO 10 MILES WEST TO NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH PLATTE WITH SOME SMALL HAIL LIKELY ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF TRYON OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF STAPLETON AND WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTH PLATTE AND ALSO STAPLETON SHOULD EXPECT A NOISY MORNING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO 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 10, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 36 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.