Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 6:59 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 16 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1992, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Deuel County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 080059
TORBFF
NEC049-080115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
659 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN DEUEL
AT 655 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BIG SPRINGS IN EASTERN DEUEL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
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.
SALMONSWhat 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, 4 hours 46 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, 3 hours 42 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, 3 hours 8 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-080115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 615 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 612 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES EAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS AS THEY ACROSS MORRILL...CHEYENNE...DEUEL AND GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 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, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 38 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.