Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 6:53 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 1, 6:06 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
NEZ065-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 610 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF TONIGHT... AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD PEA SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DANGER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FUHS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
NEZ065-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 610 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 PM TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF TONIGHT... AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD PEA SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES. PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DANGER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FUHS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:18 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOLUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OTOE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FORR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 48 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.