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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1992, 2:22 AM CDT for Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1992, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1992, 2:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 070722
TORGRI
NEC035-129-070800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
222 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN CLAY...NORTHERN NUCKOLLS
AT 218 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
THE TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE GLENVILLE AND FAIRFIELD.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR BELOW GROUND. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR CAR.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-070545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 1142 PM CDT MON JULY 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST WERE FROM BROKEN BOW TO NORTH PLATTE...WITH THE STRONGEST AT NORTH PLATTE. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 70 MILES WIDE...WEST OF A LINE FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATELINE 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL TO 35 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND TO HOLDREGE. = THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...INCREASING IN INTENSITY. COVERAGE REMAINED UNCHANGED. BW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-070645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 1242 AM CDT TUE JULY 7 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK TO WOLBACH TO NEAR ROCKVILLE TO ELM CREEK. THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 65 MILES AND HOUR WAS REPORTED AT AMHERST IN WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY. ALSO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED IN THE WOLBACH AREA. THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE GRAND ISLAND VICINITY BY 1 30 AM CDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING. STOKES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Nance | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Webster | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.