Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 6:58 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 3, 1992, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Box Butte County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:17 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 00:00Z, 1.0 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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 040058
SVRBFF
NEC013-040145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
658 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
BOX BUTTE...THE CITY OF ALLIANCE
AT 657 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE...NEAR HEMINGFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
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.
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, Jun 3, 5:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 512 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 510 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERED NORTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARRISON...OR 45 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES HARRISON...ANDREW AND GLEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM=. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH SIOUX COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 610 PM MDT. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 544 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE QUICKLY OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 542 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHADRON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER FORT ROBINSON...CRAWFORD AND EVENTUALLY CHADRON. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRtEIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 700 PM MDT. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 544 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE QUICKLY OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 542 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHADRON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHADRON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER FORT ROBINSON...CRAWFORD AND EVENTUALLY CUHADRON. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 700 PM MDT. PEEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 28 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.