Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1992, 5:06 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 18, 1992, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Custer, NE | |
| Jul 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Custer, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 18, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-017-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 401 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 355 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD...OR 55 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THEDFORD BY 410 PM CDT AND THE HALSEY FOREST BY 445 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER AS PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WALAWEN]DER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 69 min |
| Jul 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hitchcock | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 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.