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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 16, 1992Dixon County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT for Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
May 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Dixon County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 6:34 PM CDTTornado F2Dixon, NE
May 16, 6:45 PM CDTHail 1.5Dixon, 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

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 KSUX 162334
TORSUX
NEC051-170000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
630 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DIXON COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM CDT DIXON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 1
MILE WEST OF DIXON NEBRASKA 30 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY. THILS TORNADO
WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO ARE ALLEN AND WATERBURY AND DIXON. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A
STRONG BUILDING GO TO AN /INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR
GET INTO A DITCH OR DEPRESSION...COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDakota46 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.