Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1994, 8:10 PM CDT for Burt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burt County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 KOMA 260111 TOROMA NEC021-260200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA VALLEY NE 810 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA VALLEY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...BURT COUNTY AT 809 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYONS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF LYONS...OAKLAND...CRAIG...DECATUR...AND TEKAMAH ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MILLER
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 25, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NEZ050-065-066-078-088-089-090-092-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TIL 1100 PM... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INCLUDE SEWARD..SALINE.. BUTLER..AND LANCASTER. LATEST RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 600 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.. COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR TV FOR THE LATEST ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. HOLSTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NEZ050-065-066-078-088-089-090-092-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 600 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TIL 1100 PM... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INCLUDE SEWARD..SALINE.. BUTLER..AND LANCASTER. LATEST RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 600 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.. COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR TV FOR THE LATEST ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. HOLSTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-260010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 607 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 605 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO BUILD ACROSS DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTIES. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHELBY COUNTY NEAR HARLAN...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN OMAHA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST 50 MPH. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-260010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 607 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 605 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO BUILD ACROSS DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTIES. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHELBY COUNTY NEAR HARLAN...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN OMAHA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST 50 MPH. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:20 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
NEZ011>012-016>018-030>033-042-043-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 720 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11PM CDT... AT 710 PM CDT...NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THEY WERE EAST OF PIERCE AND SOUTH OF LAUREL OR 10 TO 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK. THEY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECT WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS STORMS APPROACH. LOHMANN : [ ?(/.:>!vf bV7 &B.FRZf~nrHR"&f8zj \6llC40 BKN gf6WWUS< j| WUUS k WUUS* o6WWUS0 IWWUS. fY`WWUST q6WWUS GBf6WWUSt Q6WWUSB Ua`WWUS g WUUSD Hd66WWUS LVQ6WWUS\ E6WWUS sF6WWUS cq`WWUS U6WWUS Q0 WUUS (gg6WWUSR tM=HWWJPX ,q WUUSX H6WWUS4 BKN.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:20 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
NEZ011>012-016>018-030>033-042-043-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 720 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11PM CDT... AT 710 PM CDT...NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THEY WERE EAST OF PIERCE AND SOUTH OF LAUREL OR 10 TO 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK. THEY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECT WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS STORMS APPROACH. LOHMANN : [ ?(/.:>!vf bV7 &B.FRZf~nrHR"&f8zj \6llC40 BKN gf6WWUS< j| WUUS k WUUS* o6WWUS0 IWWUS. fY`WWUST q6WWUS GBf6WWUSt Q6WWUSB Ua`WWUS g WUUSD Hd66WWUS LVQ6WWUS\ E6WWUS sF6WWUS cq`WWUS U6WWUS Q0 WUUS (gg6WWUSR tM=HWWJPX ,q WUUSX H6WWUS4 BKN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 55 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.