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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS North Platte, NE

August 4, 1992Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 2:25 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 80 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1992, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1992, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cherry County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 167 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KVTN 042027
SVRVTN
NEC031-042023-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
325 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
   NOTHEASTERN CHERRY

AT 325 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
VALENTINE NEBRASKA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF NENZEL NEBRASKA. THIS  
STORM  WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER.  STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.

GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BURNS

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, Aug 4, 8:28 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ012-017-041600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
926 AM  CDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 905 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES WIDE FROM 10
MILES NORTHWEST TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.  STORMS MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND MODERATE RAINFALL UNTIL 10 AM CDT AS THEY MOVE
THROUGH THE SOUTHEST CORNER OF LINCOLN CO
UNTY.

STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

JER
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-041910-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
120 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
   WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS OUT FOR ARTHUR..MCPHERSON..GRANT..
HOOKER..THOMAS..LOGAN..CUSTER AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

AT 117 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST OR
WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS..MAY DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS.
ABBAS
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:29 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-042020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
230 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
   GRANT..HOOKER..THOMAS..ARTHUR..MCPHERSON..LOGAN..CUSTER AND
   LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 228 PM...NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  A FEW OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS..ESPECIALLY IN THE
WATCH AREA.

THUS..PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

ABBAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln31 min
Aug 4, 9:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha, Rock61 min
Aug 4, 10:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock49 min
Aug 4, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry
Aug 4, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry
Aug 4, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas30 min
Aug 4, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine41 min
Aug 4, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas25 min
Aug 4, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan42 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.