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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1992, 8:24 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 1992, 8:24 PM MDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 1992, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 050224
SVRBFF
NEC161-050300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
824 PM MDT FRI SEP 4 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
NORTHERN SHERIDAN
AT 824 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHADRON. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF RUSHVILLE AND GORDON.
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.
PEEKWhat 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, Sep 4, 5:24 PM MDT, 3 hours before
NEZ001-005-011-050025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 524 PM MDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 522 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISON...OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY UNTIL 625 PM MDT. EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 8:16 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-050315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 816 PM MDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM MDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY FORM IN THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 814 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF CHADRON...EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTH SHERIDAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF GORDON AND RUSHVILLE...SHOULD BE AWARE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...SMA LL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 45 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.