Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 5:32 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 262332
SVRBFF
NEC045-013-270000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
532 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
DAWES...NORTHERN BOX BUTTE...THE CITY OF CHADRON
AT 529 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST...TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST...TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHADRON
NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHADRON...THE CHADRON STATE PARK
...AND THE BOX BUTTE RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA.
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.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY ISSEUED FOR EASTERN
SIOUX AND NORTHERN DAWES COUNTIES.
PFEIFFERWhat 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 26, 2:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
WYZ066-067-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 235 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY... AT 230 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SNOWY RANGE MOUNTAINS. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF LARAMIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OUT ONTO THE LARAMIE VALLEY THROUGH 4 PM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG THUNDER- STORMS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY GET STRONGER AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 242 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 238 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 33 MILES NORTHEAST AND 30 MILES EAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSHKOSH IN GARDEN COUNTY...AND 6 MILES WEST OF BIG SPRINGS ALONG I-80 IN DEUELL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG SHIFTING WINDS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS GARDEN COUNTY AND DEUELL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT. PERSONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN DEUELL COUNTY...AND IN THE TOWNS OF BIG SPRINGS...OSHKOSH...AND LEWELLEGN SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
WYZ066-067-262215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 325 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY... AT 320 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF ALBANY COUNTY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF LARAMIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF LARAMIE ...SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAD
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours before
WYZ071-072-073-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 330 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR LARAMIE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER IN LARAMIE COUNTY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. RADAR INDICATED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR LARAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN LARAMIE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING AND TAKE COVER IF A STORM APPROACHES. SCOTT
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:33 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
WYZ066-067-069>073-262332- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 432 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AT 425 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY THROUGH SOUTHWEST LARAMIE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON TO 5 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN LARAMIE...SOUTHERN PLATTE AND SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A STURDY BUILDING. < IN ADDITION...PEOPLE IN LARAMIE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY ARE REMINDED THAT A TORNANDO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS E%VENING. DJV
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:26 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
WYZ070-073-270123- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 523 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR GOSHEN AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING FRIDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORM COULD CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. AGAIN...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GOSHEN AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF TORRINGTON AND PINE BLUFFS UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF A STORM APPROACHES. SGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Deuel | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Deuel | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 33 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.