Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1994, 7:08 PM CDT for Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1994, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1994, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 250010 TOROFK NEC089-003-107-250115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 708 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...EASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN ANTELOPE COUNTY...WESTERN KNOX COUNTY AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATE A TORNADO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL...ALONG THE HOLT AND KNOX COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE HOLT AND KNOX COUNTY BORDER AT 30 MPH. 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, 2 hours 30 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, 2 hours 29 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
NEZ038-242340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 536 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN CUSTER COUNTY. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TBO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:39 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
NEZ038-250040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 638 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUSTER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN CUSTER COUNTY. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER CUSTER COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Antelope, Holt | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Boone | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Antelope, Boone | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.