Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1994, 9:55 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 4262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 35.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLNK 130257 TORLNK NEC159-130330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 955 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY AT 955 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST SEWARD COUNTY NEAR GARLAND OR 14 NW OF LINCOLN. THE MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN GARLAND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTE2R BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. FUHS
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 12, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
NEZ050-065-066-078-088-089-090-092-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, NE 643 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WARM, HUMID AND BREEZY THROUGH 10 PM...THEN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION BY LATE EVENING WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 TO 65 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO THEIR RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STORMS. BYRNE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051-052-053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-121345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA VALLEY NE 737 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING... AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING EASTWARD THROUGH THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. ONE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA IN THE NORFOLK AREA AND MOVING INTO STANTON COUNTY. OTHER SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR GRAND ISLAND TO NEAR HOLDREGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WOULD THREATEN BURT COUNTY NEBRASKA BY AFTER 830 PM CDT AND AFTER 930 PM CDT INTO THE SAUNDERS COUNTY AREA. DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OMAHA AREA AFTER 10 PM CDT. REMEMBER TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED. REMEMBER THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD AN AREA IN A SHOR(T TIME. DO NOT CAMP IN LOW AREAS. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DEVELOPS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051-052-053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-121345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA VALLEY NE 829 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT... AT 815 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. 35 MPH EASTWARD MOVEMENT IS INDICATED...SO PEOPLE IN BURT COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNTIES OF LYONS AND OAKLAND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN TORNAODES BY 9PM. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. < KLEMM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NEZ050-065-066-078-088-089-090-092-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, NE 830 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 815 PM CDT. ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULLERTON...35 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...AND POTENTIALLY WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. AT THIS PACE THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE DAVID CITY AREA AROUND 915 PM AND THE SEWARD AREA...25 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...BY 945 PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE PROBABLE AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE LINCOLN AND BEATRICE AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM CDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRNE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051-052-053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-121345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA VALLEY NE 829 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT... AT 815 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. 35 MPH EASTWARD MOVEMENT IS INDICATED...SO PEOPLE IN BURT COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNTIES OF LYONS AND OAKLAND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN TORNAODES BY 9PM. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. < KLEMM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NEZ050-065-066-078-088-089-090-092-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, NE 830 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 815 PM CDT. ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULLERTON...35 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...AND POTENTIALLY WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. AT THIS PACE THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE DAVID CITY AREA AROUND 915 PM AND THE SEWARD AREA...25 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...BY 945 PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE PROBABLE AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE LINCOLN AND BEATRICE AREAS BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 PM CDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 18 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.