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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Hastings, NE

July 4, 1992Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1992, 6:21 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 4, 1992, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 6:45 PM CDTHail 2Thayer, NE
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDTHail 2.75Thayer, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1992-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore30 min
Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer36 min

Nearby

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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.