Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 6:14 PM CST for Buffalo County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 8, 1992, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Kearney County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:51 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Kearney, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 333 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
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 8, 4:17 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-082310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 416 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BREWING OVER SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS BORDER AT 410 PM CST. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE NEBRASKA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER CITY IN FURNAS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CURRENT PATH OF THESE STORMS WILL TAKE THEM ACROSS WESTERN HARLAN...EASTERN FURNAS AND INTO SOUTHERN GOSPER AND PHELPS COUNTIES BY 510 PM CST PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF STAMFORD...ORLEANS AND OXFORD CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LEW
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:55 PM CST, 19 minutes before
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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.