Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
- 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
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.
DASWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.