Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 9:57 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 070301 SVRLBF NEC117-070400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 957 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...MC PHERSON COUNTY AT 955 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF TRYON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. TRYON IS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MONSON 0259Z
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 6, 4:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
NEZ023-035-057-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 413 PM CDT (313 PM MDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR GRANT...ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES TIL 800 PM MDT... AT 305 PM MDT (405 PM CDT) RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS GRANT COUNTY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR WHITMAN TO 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HYANNIS OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. 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, Jul 6, 9:19 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
NEZ005-070315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 818 PM MDT (918 PM CDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM MDT/MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 815 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS OVER CHERRY COUNTY WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...AND JUST A FEW MILES NORTH OF MULLEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH 915 PM MDT/1015 PM CDT. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson, Thomas | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, McPherson | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 51 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.