Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1994, 4:55 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLNK 012156 TORLNK NEC159-012245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 455 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY AT 455 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF SEWARD OR 28 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE PASSING OVER I-80 JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEWARD WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. PEOPLE LIVING IN TAMORA...SEWARD... GOEHNER AND RUBY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO BEING REPORTED NEAR UTICA. 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 BLANKETSD...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 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, Jul 1, 4:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-012235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 431 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 900 PM CDT.... AT 428 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA...NEAR LOGAN IOWA TO 60 MILES WEST OF OMAHA NEAR SCHUYLER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 MPH... BUT COULD STRENGTHEN QUICKLY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-012235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 431 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 900 PM CDT.... AT 428 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA...NEAR LOGAN IOWA TO 60 MILES WEST OF OMAHA NEAR SCHUYLER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 MPH... BUT COULD STRENGTHEN QUICKLY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:33 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
NEZ065-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 433 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 4:30 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN YORK COUNTY MOVING INTO SEWARD COUNTY. AT 4:30 PM A SPOTTER IN UTICA REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN TAMORA..UTICA..GOEHNER..AND SEWARD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND HEAVY RAINS IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25MPH. HOLSTEN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:33 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
NEZ065-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 433 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 4:30 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN YORK COUNTY MOVING INTO SEWARD COUNTY. AT 4:30 PM A SPOTTER IN UTICA REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. PERSONS IN TAMORA..UTICA..GOEHNER..AND SEWARD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND HEAVY RAINS IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25MPH. HOLSTEN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
NEZ002>005-008-009-023>031-035>037-057>063-071>077-084>087-020045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 440 PM CDT (340 PM MDT) FRI JUL 1 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 532 WHICH WAS ISSUED ABOUT 145 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA IS NOT LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. TORNADOES ARE NOW CONSIDER LESS LIKELY IN DAWES...BOX BUTTE MORRILL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE PANHANDLE. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE EASTERN MOST COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT/ 8 PM MDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 440 PM VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. POWERS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
NEZ002>005-008-009-023>031-035>037-057>063-071>077-084>087-020045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 440 PM CDT (340 PM MDT) FRI JUL 1 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 532 WHICH WAS ISSUED ABOUT 145 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA IS NOT LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. TORNADOES ARE NOW CONSIDER LESS LIKELY IN DAWES...BOX BUTTE MORRILL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE PANHANDLE. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE EASTERN MOST COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND THROUGHOUT MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT/ 8 PM MDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 440 PM VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. POWERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 25 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.