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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE

June 5, 1992Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 5:34 PM CDT for Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1992, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Hall County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 052234
TORGRI
NEC079-052300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
534 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      HALL

AT 530 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED AT DOWNTOWN GRAND ISLAND
AND NEAR WOOD RIVER.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.  EVERYBODY IN GRAND ISLAND OR HALL COUNTY SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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.

DAMAGE REPORTS OR OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER SZHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE WEATHER SERVICE...BUT A SAFE
PLACE IS YOUR FIRST CONCERN.

 DAS

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, Jun 5, 1:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-051930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-051930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
140 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

    ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 130 PM CDT...GRAND ISLAND RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA.

THIS STORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WHICH WAS MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL AND AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  EARLIER DEPUTY SHERIFFS
REPORTED ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES 13 MILES WEST OF TAYLOR
NEBRASKA.  THE AREA OF STORMS EXTEND FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER
SOUTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA.

GRIFFITH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-052030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
244 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

  ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
     SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 70 MILE WIDE BAND FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA
BORDER 30 MILES NORTH OF O`NEIL...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BROKEN BOW.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA...LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW NEAR
CORNSTALK NEBRASKA.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
JUST SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL.
MOVEMENT OF ALL THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS CONCERNING THE WEATHER SFITUATION
THIS AFTERNOON FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DAS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
425 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 42O PM THE SHERIFFS DEPT. OF NANCE COUNTY NEBRASKA REPORTED TREE
TOP DAMAGE DUE TO A TORNADO IN WESTERN NANCE COUNTY...BETWEEN WOLBACH
AND FULLERTON.  THE GROUND WAS COVERED BY HAIL IN AREAS OF WESTERN
NANCE COUNTY.  THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD FULLERTON.
DGS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
505 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

TIME   LOCATION AND WEATHER
430 PM FULLERTON- NANCE COUNTY SIRENS SOUNDED ROTATION OBSERVED OVER-
HEAD.  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF FULLERTON...MARBLE SIZE AT FULLER-
TON.
442 PM NORTHWEST OF PLEASANTON- BUFFALO COUNTY VERY HAVY RAIN PEA SIZE
HAIL.
445 PM FULLERTON- NANCE COUNTY POWER OUT AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.
447 PM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAVENNA- BUFFALO COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAIN.
447 PM NEAR PLEASANTON- BUFFALO COUNTY TREES BLOWN ACROSS ROAD...GOLF-
BALL SIZE HAIL.
454 PM ASHTON- SHERMAN COUNTY RAINFALL 0.75 3 TO 430 PM
455 PM HOLDREGE- PHELPS COUNTY RAINFALL 0.77 SINCE 430 PM.
503 PM KEARNEY- BUFFALO COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAIN MARBLE SIZE HAIL
DGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard	38 min
Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	53 min
Jun 5, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	30 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	39 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	39 min
Jun 5, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Polk	66 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	64 min
Jun 5, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Polk	36 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.