Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1994, 5:11 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 24, 1994, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holt County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | O Neill, NE | A tornado blew over farm equipment, destroyed a grain bin, damaged irrigation systems, and ripped out trees. |
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 242213 TOROFK NEC089-242245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 511 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY AT 508 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED AT TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF ONEILL. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN ONEILL SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. MML &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
NEZ057-242240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT (337 PM MDT) FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY. AT 430 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CUSTER COUNTY...HOWEVER AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CUSTER COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ACROSS THIS AREA. 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, Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
NEZ038-242240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED UGC HEADING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT (337 PM MDT) FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CUSTER COUNTY. AT 430 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CUSTER COUNTY...HOWEVER AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CUSTER COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING ACROSS THIS AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Holt | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Knox | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.