Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 9:32 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1994, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 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 KLNK 060234 RRA SVRLNK NEC109-060300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 932 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED AT 930 PM THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST LANCASTER COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN. MARBLE TO GALF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR KRAMER WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY BRING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL ACROSS ESTREEM SOUTHEAST LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT. 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 CHANGI>NG WEATHER CONDITIONS. MEIER &
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, May 5, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ011-012-016>018-030>033-042-043-060120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 617 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 615 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WEST OF COLUMBUS WERE INTENSIFYING THE QUICKEST AND COULD BECOME RATHER STRONG BEFORE 645 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SO PERSONS IN PLATTE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED. THE STORM WEST OF COLUMBUS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN PLATTE AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTY THROUGH 7PM CDT. TDK
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ011-012-016>018-030>033-042-043-060120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 617 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 615 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WEST OF COLUMBUS WERE INTENSIFYING THE QUICKEST AND COULD BECOME RATHER STRONG BEFORE 645 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SO PERSONS IN PLATTE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED. THE STORM WEST OF COLUMBUS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN PLATTE AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTY THROUGH 7PM CDT. TDK
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NEZ011-012-016>018-030>033-042-043-060120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED STORM PLACEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 617 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 615 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK. THIS STORM WAS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME RATHER STRONG BEFORE 645 PM CDT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SO PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MADISON...NOTHERN PLATTE AND SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. TDK ....CORRECTED....
Special weather statement, May 5, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NEZ011-012-016>018-030>033-042-043-060220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 705 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 700 PM NORFOLK RADAR INDICATES THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY FROM NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK. SO FAR NONE OF THE STORMS HAVE BECOME VERY STRONG. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENTHAS BEEN OCCURRING TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TDK
Special weather statement, May 5, 7:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NEZ011-012-016>018-030>033-042-043-060220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 705 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 700 PM NORFOLK RADAR INDICATES THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY FROM NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK. SO FAR NONE OF THE STORMS HAVE BECOME VERY STRONG. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENTHAS BEEN OCCURRING TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPHN. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TDK
Special weather statement, May 5, 8:35 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
NEZ0034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093- IAZ0055-056-069-079-080-090-091-060330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 835 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF OMAHA TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SARPY...CASS...AND OTOE COUNTIES DURI4NG THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTIES...BE ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 45 min |
| May 5, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 55 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 28 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.