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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE

June 15, 1992Hamilton County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 8:05 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1992, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, NE, Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 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 160105
TORGRI
NEC081-143-185-160130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHEAST HAMILTON...

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      WESTERN POLK...NORTHWEST YORK...

AT 800 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES
EAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR MARQUETTE.  THIS STORM IS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  POLK...HORDVILLE...AND STROMSBURG ARE
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.

 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 15, 4:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk34 min
Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick25 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.