Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 10:50 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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, 3.8 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
- 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
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 29, 5:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 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, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 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, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 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
Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 11:32 PM CDT | 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.