Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1994, 5:49 PM CDT for Antelope County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1994, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1994, 6:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Antelope County, NE, Holt County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KOFK 242250 RRA SVROFK NEC089-003-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 549 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...ANTELOPE COUNTY AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF EWING OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ONEILL. THE STORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS STORMS PRODUCE GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT INMAN AT 535 PM CDT. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE EWING AREA AND NEAR CLEARWATER. PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. 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. MML &
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 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NEZ057-242240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT (337 PM MDT) FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY. AT 430 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CUSTER COUNTY...HOWEVER AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CUSTER COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ACROSS THIS AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NEZ038-242240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED UGC HEADING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT (337 PM MDT) FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY. AT 430 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CUSTER COUNTY...HOWEVER AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CUSTER COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ACROSS THIS AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
NEZ038-242340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 536 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN CUSTER COUNTY. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TBO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Knox | 56 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.