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Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE

June 24, 1994Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1994, 8:22 PM CDT for Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1994, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1994, 8:48 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 478 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 250128 COR
TOROFK
NEC011-003-250215-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED TIME..
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
822 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

   ...NORTHWESTERN ANTELOPE COUNTY

AT 820 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 13 MILES WEST OF ELGIN
OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH
AND WILL PASS NEAR PETERSBURG AND RAEVILLE. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD
TAKE SHELTER NOW.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA.

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 LOW`EST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10
PM CDT.

MML
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox57 min
Jun 24, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFAntelope, Holt67 min
Jun 24, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Boone62 min

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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.