Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT for Box Butte 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 28, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1992, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Box Butte County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Box Butte, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 28, 2:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 209 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 207 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY...15 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON OR 42 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 302 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 258 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS FROM CRAWFORD TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORD... FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CHADRON TO 23 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE CHADRON STATE PARK VICINITY AROUND 330 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN DAWES COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STLRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 302 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 258 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE FROM CRAWFORD TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORD ...OR FROM 10 MILES WEST TO 23 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE CHADRON STATE PARK VICINITY AROUND 330 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN DAWES COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 30 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.