Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1992, 2:30 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:04 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Sheridan, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 KBFF 262030
SVRBFF
NEC161-262100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
230 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN SHERIDAN
AT 230 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RUSHVILLE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
KYLEWhat 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 26, 11:45 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1145 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 1142 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER DAWES COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THE STORM WAS 8 MILES WEST OF CHADRON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE CHADRON VICINITY BY 1215 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN THE CHADRON AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS THE STORM APPROACHES. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
WYZ066-067-069-071-072-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1240 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG AND NEAR THE LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATE THIS MORNING. AT 1235 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER THE NORTH PART OF CHEYENNE. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVED EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON A SCATTERED BASIS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS. B SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA ...SEEK A SAFE PLACE...INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1257 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 1254 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DAWES COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE 6 MILES SOUTH AND 19 MILES SOUTH OF CHADRON...OR 18 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORD AND 13 MILES NORTH OF HEMINGFORD. ANOTHER STORM WAS 14 MILES EAST OF CHADRON...IN WESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS OVER DAWES AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:57 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
WYZ069>073-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 155 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 1992 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PASSING THROUGH CHEYENNE WAS PRODUCING HAIL AT 150 PM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST PLATTE COUNTY NEAR CHUGWATER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON A SCATTERED BASIS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SHOULD A STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA ...SEEK A SAFE PLACE...INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. HARRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.