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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Hastings, NE

July 18, 1992Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1992, 6:46 PM CDT for Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1992, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
110 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992

1105-1110 AM CDT SUTTON... MARBLE SIZE HAIL..WINDY BUT NOT DAMAGE.

1110 AM CDT SUTTON..1 INCH DIA HAIL FROM STORM ALONG FILMORE COUNTY LINE.

DER
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-182245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
437 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THE STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM O`NEIL...TO BROKEN BOW...
...TO MULLEN AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MULLEN TO VALENTINE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 22 MILES EAST OF MULLEN...AND 25 MILES
WEST OF AINSWORTH.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

A LONE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 25 MILES WEST OF MCCOOK.
^
MOVEMENT OF ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.  LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER.

DAS
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-182345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
540 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE OVER PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THESE STORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
O`NEIL...TO O`NEIL...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW.  THEY WERE
NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...
TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH AND 10 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW
AND ALSO 10 MILES EAST OF AINSWORTH.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
^
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA FROM SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...TO SOUTH OF GOTHENBURG.

ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
WEAHTHER SITUATION CLOSELY THIS EVENING.  LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore31 min
Jul 18, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhelps37 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.