Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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
- 1691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KOFK 012331 RRA SVROFK NEC119-139-167-179-020030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 630 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...MADISON COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY...STANTON COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 625 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A FAST MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK...TO 10 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED. 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 HAS PASSED. BOWMAN
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, Jul 1, 6:18 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
NEZ005-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 518 PM MDT (618 PM CDT) FRI JUL 1 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDING CHERRY COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ON RADAR...RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILTY OF THREATENING WEATHER IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER THROUGH 9 PM CDT. RENZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Platte | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cuming | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Thomas | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Garfield, Holt, Knox, Wheeler | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 68 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.