Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 7:15 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hooker County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 300116 RRA SVRLBF NEC091-300200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT) WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT (800 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...HOOKER COUNTY AT 715 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. MULLEN IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FAUCETTE
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 29, 1:19 PM MDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
NEZ038-059-292020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 219 PM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT 210 PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST CUSTER COUNTY. THIS AREA WAS ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS HOWEVER SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF CALLAWAY AND OCONTO IN CUSTER COUNTY. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.F TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
NEZ038-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 314 PM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT 310 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE ON A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF ANSELMO OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO MASON CITY WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES IN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NEZ005-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 438 PM MDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 437 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERRIMAN...OR ABOUT 75 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO MERRIMAN SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM MDT. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WILL EFFECT NORTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM MDT. HORNE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
NEZ005-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF 528 PM MDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 527 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MERRIMAN TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERRIMAN NERBASKA...OR ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 T0 30 MPH. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES ALONG US ROUTE 20 FROM CODY NEBRASKA WESTWARD THROUGH 600 PM MDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS OF WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT. HORNE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:00 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
NEZ024-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT) WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD HOOKER COUNTY... AT 655 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CHERRY COUNTY ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY. MULLEN IS ABOUT 53 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THIS STORM HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND APPEARS TO BE HEADING FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN. IF THIS STORM HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT MOVES INTO HOOKER COUNTY A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR HOOKER COUNTY INCLUDING THE MULLEN AREA. RESIDENTS OF MULLEN SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS APPROACHING STORM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS CONDITIONS WARRENT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY $TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MONSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 9:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 10:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 43 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.