Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 10, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scotts Bluff County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:24 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Scotts Bluff, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 110115
SVRBFF
NEC157-110145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
715 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 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
SCOTTS BLUFF...THE CITIES OF SCOTTSBLUFF AND GERING
AT 714 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF
SCOTTSBLUFF. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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 PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN
SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY...NORTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AND SOUTHERN
SIOUX COUNTY.
KYLEWhat 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, Jul 10, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
WYZ068>073-110030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
520 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 515 PM. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE
WEAK EXCEPT FOR A FEW IN GOSHEN COUNTY. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
THROUGH GOSHEN COUNTY AND APPROACH THE NEBRASKA BORDER THEY ARE
INTENSIFYING.
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES
AN HOUR THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS...MAINLY NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
IN GOSHEN COUNTY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY PEA {TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES.
HARRISONSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 5:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WYZ070-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING EAGLE WYOMING... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. NO REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 530 PM. HOWEVER...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL CROSS ROUTE 159 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 600 PM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS. REMAIN INDOORS EVEN IF IT IS NOT RAINING WHERE YOU ARE. LIGHTNING COULD STRIKE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE RAIN AREA. IF YOU ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN LETS UP.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WYZ070-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING EAGLE WYOMING... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. NO REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 530 PM. HOWEVER...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL CROSS ROUTE 159 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 600 PM. > LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS. REMAIN INDOORS EVEN IF IT IS NOT RAINING WHERE YOU ARE. LIGHTNING COU\LD STRIKE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE RAIN AREA. IF YOU ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN LETS UP. CAS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
WYZ070-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 543 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING LINGLE WYOMING... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. NO REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 530 PM. HOWEVER...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL CROSS ROUTE 159 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 600 PM. > LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS. REMAIN INDOORS EVEN IF IT IS NOT RAINING WHERE YOU =ARE. LIGHTNING COULD STRIKE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE RAIN AREA. IF YOU ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN LETS UP. CAS
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 553 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 550 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AND EASTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORMS OVER DAWES COUNTY WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHADRON. THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY WERE 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SCOTTS BLUFF...SIOUX...DAWES...MORRILL AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 7 PM MDT. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WYZ070-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 607 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF TORRINGTON INTO NEBRASKA... PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IN TORRINGTON REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. NO HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. HOWEVER...MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED NEAR LINGLE ABOUT 545 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE ENTERING THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE NEAR SCOTTSBLUFF. RADAR SHOWED OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN GOSHEN COUNTY BETWEEN VETERAN AND HAWK SPRINGS. THIS IS ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT 20 MINUTES OR SO. MARBLE SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE VERY POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND 630 PM MDT. > IF YOU ENCOUNTER THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHILE DRIVING...REMEMBER THAT SIMILAR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TORRINGTON REDUCED VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. USE CAUTION...AND PULL OVER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS TO THE EAST. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND HAIL HAS PASSED. CAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Kimball | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 22 min |
| Jul 11, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 25 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.