Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 12:10 AM CDT for Colfax County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colfax County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 KOMA 220510
SVROFK
NEC037-141-220600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
ISSUED BY OMAHA NE
1210 AM CDT WED JUL 22 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
COLFAX...EASTERN PLATTE...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS
AT 1206 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST
OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
COLUMBUS AND SCHUYLER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM AREAS
WITH LOOSE ITEMS THAT COULD BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
GWWhat 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 21, 6:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-210045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 648 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO GRANT AND WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR WHITMAN TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR. WHITMAN AND ARTHUR ARE 75 MILES NORTHWEST AND 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN KEITH AND WESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES BY 830 PM CDT. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-220045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 648 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO GRANT AND WESTERN ARTHUR COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR WHITMAN TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR. WHITMAN AND ARTHUR ARE 75 MILES NORTHWEST AND 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN KEITH AND WESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES BY 830 PM CDT. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1000 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1000 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS BROKEN BOW IN CUSTER COUNTY OR 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO IMPERIAL IN CHASE COUNTY OR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS NORTH PLATTE REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM BROKEN BOW OF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE IMPERIAL AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HAIL..NGUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ACH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-220500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1110 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CHASE.. DUNDY..HAYES..HITCHCOCK..FRONTIER AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 1105 PM CDT...WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MOOREFIELD TO CURTIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF HAYES CENTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. MOOREFIELD..CURTIS AND HAYES CENTER ARE 35 MILES SOUTHEAST.. 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED SCATTERED MAINLY TO THE SOUTH ANDt EAST OF NORTH PLATTE IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Platte | 32 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.