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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 3, 1992Garden County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 7:48 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1992, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1992, 8:16 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Garden County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 040148
SVRBFF
NEC069-040245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
748 PM MDT WED JUN 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN GARDEN

AT 746 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ALLIANCE...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.

GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE WARNING FOR BOX BUTTE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT
.

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, 2 hours 36 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, 2 hours 4 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 54 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, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSBox Butte47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.