Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 5:31 PM CDT for Pierce County, Stanton County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Plainview, NE | A tornado briefly touched down northeast of Plainview. Pierce County Pierce Osmond,25,1635CST,,,0,0,?,?,Thunderstorm Winds (G61) Two tractor semi-trailers with empty livestock trailers were blown over resulting in a total loss of the truck tractors. Two co |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 252232 SVROFK NEC139-167-179-252330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 531 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...PIERCE COUNTY...STANTON COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 530 PM NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE NORFOLK AREA IN MADISON COUNTY. WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 60 MPH HAD OCCURRED AT NORFOLKS AIRPORT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN PIERCE.. HOSKINS... WINSIDE...WAYNE AND STANTON WILL BE AFFECTED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HASz PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. 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, 2 hours 56 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, 2 hours 19 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
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
NEZ023-025-035>038-057>059-069>071-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 518 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY... ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWEST HAYES AND SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES AT 5 PM CDT... AT 500 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 SOUTHWEST TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH T.HIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. > IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DALEY
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:22 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ023-025-035>038-057>059-069>071-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 518 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CUSTER...CHASE...LINCOLN... FRONTIER...PERKINS AND HAYES COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWEST HAYES AND SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES AT 5 PM CDT... AT 500 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 SOUTHWEST TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. REPORTBS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. > IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DALEY
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, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 38 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.