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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Hastings, NE

July 1, 1992Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1992, 9:29 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Thayer 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
Jul 1, 1992, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Thayer County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 9:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Thayer, 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1215 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
1215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.6

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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, Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
9 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WEST CENTRAL THAYER COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...

A STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBRON NEBRASKA AND
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
BETWEEN DAVENPORT AND BELVIDERE AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST TIP
OF FILLMORE COUNTY BY 930 PM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...AND A GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH
IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
DGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas46 min
Jul 2, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan, Phelps51 min
Jul 2, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney41 min
Jul 2, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney38 min
Jul 2, 2:23 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Webster37 min
Jul 2, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay31 min
Jul 2, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps47 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.