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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 9, 1992Dawes County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1992, 1:28 PM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 9, 1992, 1:28 PM MDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1992, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Whole counties

County Dawes County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 1:30 PM MDTHail 1.5Dawes, 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 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 091928
TORBFF
NEC045-092000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
128 PM MDT THU JUL 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      DAWES...THE CITY OF CHADRON

AT 125 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 18 MILES WEST OF
CHADRON NEBRASKA...JUST 2 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORD NEBRASKA.  THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHADRON...AND THE TOWN OF WHITNEY.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR WESTERN DAWES COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM...IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES.

TAKE COVER NOW.

PFEIFFER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSDawes26 min
Jul 9, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan26 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSSheridan25 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.