Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 4:42 PM CDT for Franklin County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 15, 1992, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Franklin, NE | |
| Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Franklin, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 15, 4:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 436 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 427 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL AND 35 MILES NORTH OF IMPERIAL NEAR BRULE NEBRASKA. OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 40 MILES NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. DAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.