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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS North Platte, NE

June 24, 1994Antelope County, Holt County, Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt34 min
Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoone60 min
Jun 24, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKnox56 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.