Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1992, 7:14 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 4, 1992, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Morrill County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Cheyenne, NE | |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Cheyenne, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 4, 4:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 446 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 442 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF...IN SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE IN SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND WESTERN MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 530 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 529 PM MDT THU JUN 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 525 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 20 MILES EAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SIOUX COUNTY...27 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND ARE POSSIBLE IN SCOTTS BLUFF...SIOUX AND MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 630 PM MDT. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Deuel | 42 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.