Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1992, 3:52 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 28, 1992, 3:52 PM MDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Box Butte County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Box Butte, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 282152
TORBFF
NEC013-282230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
352 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
BOX BUTTE
AT 350 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 28 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HEMINGFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
PREVIOUSLY FOR BOX BUTTE COUNTY AT 330 PM MDT.
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.
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...
LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS
NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.
PFEIFFERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 28, 2:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 209 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 207 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY...15 MILES NORTH OF HARRISON OR 42 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:02 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 302 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 258 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS FROM CRAWFORD TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORD... FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CHADRON TO 23 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE CHADRON STATE PARK VICINITY AROUND 330 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN DAWES COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STLRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:08 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 302 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT... AT 258 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE FROM CRAWFORD TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORD ...OR FROM 10 MILES WEST TO 23 MILES WEST OF CHADRON. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE CHADRON STATE PARK VICINITY AROUND 330 PM MDT. PEOPLE IN DAWES COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. KYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 30 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.