Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 8:22 PM CDT for Antelope County, Knox County, Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 68 min. 6 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
- May 15, 1992, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Antelope County, NE, Knox County, NE, Pierce County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:24 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Knox, NE | |
| May 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Knox, NE | |
| May 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Knox, NE | |
| May 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Knox, NE | |
| May 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Knox, NE | |
| May 15, 9:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Knox, 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
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 160122
SVROFK
NEC089-003-107-139-160230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
822 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHERN HOLT...
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHERN ANTELOPE...KNOX...NORTHERN PIERCE...
AT 819 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF ATKINSON OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ONEILL.
OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR BRUNSWICK NORTH TO
VEDIGRE. AND ANOTHER STORM WHICH HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL WAS
NEAR OSMOND. THESE STORMS ARE FROM 25 TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NORFOLK. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ012-016-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 303 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VENANGO TO DICKENS...OR FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR DICKENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...DICKENS AND LAMAR CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
NEZ012-016-017-152145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 339 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BRULE TO WELLFLEET...OR FROM 55 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR WELLFLEET. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...WELLFLEET ...KEYSTONE AND OGALLALA CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-152225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 426 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HAIGLER TO THEDFORD...OR FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR PAXTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS ...CHASE...DUNDY...HAYES...MCPHERSON AND THOMAS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN PAXTON...NOWRTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL AND SUTHERLAND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope | 45 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce | 60 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 28 min |
| May 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 68 min |
| May 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox | 29 min |
| May 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox, Pierce | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Pierce | 59 min |
| May 15, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 34 min |
| May 15, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte, Stanton | 28 min |
| May 15, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce | 69 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope | 54 min |
| May 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wayne | 66 min |
| May 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce | 56 min |
| May 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Wayne | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.