Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1992, 12:59 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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 25, 1992, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Frontier County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:05 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Frontier, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 251759
SVRLBF
NEC063-251900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1259 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN FRONTIER
AT 1255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE EAST OF
CURTIS OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST TO THE
NORTH OF STOCKVILLE. RESIDENTS OF STOCKVILLE SHOULD TAKE COVER
IN CASE THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!
MONSON 1757ZWhat 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 25, 7:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-251300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 710 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...DENSE FOG COVERS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... DENSE FOG WAS BLANKETING PARTS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. AT 7 AM CDT THE REGIONAL AIRPORT AT NORTH PLATTE HAD DENSE FOG WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. MULLEN WAS ALSO REPORTING DENSE FOG WITH 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY. THE FOG WILL BE LIFTING BY MID MORNING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-251430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 845 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 835 AM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN GRANT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HYANNIS OR ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. HEAVY RAIN FOR BRIEF PERIODS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THIS REGION AS THIS AREA MOVES EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-251730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1142 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION... AT 1135 AM CDT A SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION. ONE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF IMPERIAL OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AND WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HAYES CENTER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-251730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1142 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION... AT 1135 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION. ONE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF IMPERIAL OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AND WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF HAYES CENTER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MONSON
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.