Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 3, 1992Box Butte County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 7:17 PM MDTHail 0.75Box 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -138 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

PEEK

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan40 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.