Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 5:30 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
- Jun 7, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 6:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 12:00Z, 11.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 072330
TORBFF
NEC157-080000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
530 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF
AT 528 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MINATARE NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
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 gA DITCH OR LOW SPOT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
KIRKWhat 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, Jun 7, 2:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
WYZ066-071>073-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 215 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. AT 2PM THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE...NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. WEAKER ONES WERE ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE. THEY WERE ALL MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS AND THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE. CGB
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 315 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 313 PM MDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIMBALL AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN KIMBALL AND SIDNEY AS WELL AS IN WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS AS THEY ACROSS KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES AND INTO MORRILL COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT. SALMONS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 350 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 344 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS KIMBALL...CHEYENNE...DEUEL...MORRILL AND GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT. SALMONS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 27 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.