Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1992, 4:16 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrill County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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
- 2777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 292216
TORBFF
NEC123-292230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
416 PM MDT WED JUL 29 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
EASTERN MORRILL
AT 414 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 32 MILES
SOUTH OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...OR 14 MILES MILES EAST OF BRIDGEPORT
AND 1 MILES EAST OF BROADWATER. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR
EASTERN MORRILL COUNTY AT 400 PM MDT.
TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE1. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
TAKE COVER NOW.
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 29, 1:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-292030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 118 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 116 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MOST OF KIMBALL COUNTY...IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PANHANDLE. KIMBALL POLICE REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN THE CITY OF KIMBALL. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
WYZ058-062-070-073-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 203PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING UNTIL 8PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FROM 2PM MDT UNTIL 8PM MDT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING. THE WATCH INCLUDED THE COUNTIES OF WESTON ...NIOBRARA...GOSHEN AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES OF WYOMING. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA WERE LUSK...PINE BLUFFS...NEW CASTLE AND TORRINGTON. CHEYENNE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL...STRONG WINDS... INTENSE LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. ALSO BE SURE TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. zPARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WYZ070-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 215 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 210 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...WHICH IS 7 MILES EAST OF GUERNSEY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN TIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING IF POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN GOSHEN COUNTY ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING. VIRGILLITO
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 228 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 226 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER KIMBALL...BANNER...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER KIMBALL...BANNER... AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT. A TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:03 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
WYZ058-062-070-073-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 402PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN WYOMING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN BORDER AREA OF THE STATE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REGION UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES WESTON...NIOBRARA...GOSHEN...AND EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE PINE BLUFFS...TORRINGTON...LUSK...AND NEWCASTLE. SHORTLY BEFORE 4PM THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING REPORTED IN PARTS OF EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING. AT THAT TIME... MOST STORMS WERE STILL WEAK. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER SITUATION. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS, EVENING. CGB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 12 min |
| Jul 29, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 4:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Garden | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 29 min |
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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.