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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE

July 2, 1992Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 2:59 AM CDT for Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, 5 hours 59 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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1018 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

BELVIDERE IN THAYER COUNTY NEBRASKA REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL
AT APPROXIMATELY 940 PM CDT.
DGS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1145 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND THE WESTERN AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM...AND TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL
4 AM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM 15 MILES EAST
OF LINCOLN TO NEAR BEATRICE.  AND A STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF OMAHA NEBRASKA IN SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY IOWA.  MOVEMENT
OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST OR EAST NORTHEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.  VERY
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE.

AN INTENSE STORM WAS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AROUND 20 MILES EAST OF
NORFOLK AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  HAIL AND
STRONG WIND IS POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH-
WEST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS IN NEBRASKA WERE JUST NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE AND
JUST SOUTH OF STRATTON.
DGS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1250 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND THE WESTERN AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OMAHA...TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA...TO 15 MILES EAST OF BEATRICE
NEBRASKA.  IN ADDITION WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED NORTHEAST
NEBeRASKA.  FINALLY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCOOK.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

GRIFFITH
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:12 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
210 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

2 AM 40 KNOT WIND AND GOLFFALL SIZE HAIL AT WILCOX NEBRASKA.

205 AM 3 INCH DIAMETER HAIL NEAR HILDRETH NEBRASKA ALSO A
LOUD ROAR WAS HEARD THAT SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN.
DGS
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:31 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer46 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.