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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE

July 2, 1992Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 2:07 AM CDT for Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1992, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 1992, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 2:15 AM CDT	Hail 2.75	Franklin, NE
Jul 2, 2:23 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Franklin, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 020707
TORGRI
NEC061-099-020745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
207 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EXTREME NORTHERN FRANKLIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN KEARNEY

AT 202 AM A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 25 MILES SOUTH OF
KEARNEY NEBRASKA...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF HILDRETH.  THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS TRACKING ALONG THE KEARNEY-FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE
AND WILL BE PASSING NORTH OF CAMPBELL AND UPLAND.  THE TORNADO
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.  PERSONS DOWNSTREAM FROM
THIS TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST ADAMS AND NORTHWEST WEBSTER SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR FURTHER WARNINGS.

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 DEPROESSION SUCH
AS A DITCH OR CULVERT.  COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 DD/DGS

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, Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
9 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WEST CENTRAL THAYER COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...

A STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBRON NEBRASKA AND
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
BETWEEN DAVENPORT AND BELVIDERE AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST TIP
OF FILLMORE COUNTY BY 930 PM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...AND A GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH
IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
DGS

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1018 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

BELVIDERE IN THAYER COUNTY NEBRASKA REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL
AT APPROXIMATELY 940 PM CDT.
DGS

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1145 PM CDT WED JUL 2 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND THE WESTERN AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM...AND TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL
4 AM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM 15 MILES EAST
OF LINCOLN TO NEAR BEATRICE.  AND A STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF OMAHA NEBRASKA IN SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY IOWA.  MOVEMENT
OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST OR EAST NORTHEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.  VERY
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE.

AN INTENSE STORM WAS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AROUND 20 MILES EAST OF
NORFOLK AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  HAIL AND
STRONG WIND IS POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH-
WEST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS IN NEBRASKA WERE JUST NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE AND
JUST SOUTH OF STRATTON.
DGS

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1250 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND THE WESTERN AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OMAHA...TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA...TO 15 MILES EAST OF BEATRICE
NEBRASKA.  IN ADDITION WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED NORTHEAST
NEBeRASKA.  FINALLY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCOOK.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

GRIFFITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	46 min
Jul 2, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	46 min
Jul 2, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan, Phelps	51 min
Jul 2, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	41 min
Jul 2, 2:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Webster	37 min
Jul 2, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	31 min
Jul 2, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	47 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.