Tornado Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jun 15, 1992, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, 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.

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TTAA00 KGRI 160041
TORGRI
NEC143-160115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
741 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN POLK

AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF YORK NEAR SHELBY MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
SHELBY 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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION SUCH
AS A DITCH OR CULVERT.  COVER YOUR !HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 DAS

In the hours before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
436 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 427 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF IMPERIAL AND 35 MILES NORTH OF IMPERIAL NEAR BRULE NEBRASKA.

OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 40 MILES
NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER THIS EVENING.

DAS

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-160040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
641 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 635 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

IN NEBRASKA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
KEARNEY AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLDREGE.

VERY STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MCCOOK...AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA.

ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DAS

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.