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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

July 18, 1992York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 18, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County York County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	York, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 190215
TORGRI
NEC185-190245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
915 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN YORK

AT 915 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF YORK MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
UTICA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	26 min
Jul 18, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	36 min
Jul 18, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney	30 min
Jul 18, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	30 min
Jul 18, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Harlan, Phelps	27 min
Jul 18, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	33 min
Jul 18, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	27 min
Jul 18, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	36 min
Jul 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	33 min
Jul 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	25 min
Jul 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	25 min
Jul 18, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	25 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.