Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 8:32 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 4, 1992, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lincoln, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 1198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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, Aug 4, 4:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-042210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 420 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR HOOKER..LOGAN..THOMAS AND CUSTER COUNTIES... AT 418 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS..ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HOOKER..THOMAS..LOGAN AND CUSTER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ABBAS
Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NE002-042330-
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
620 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992
SELS MKC OMA A VTN
STORM REPORT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 4 1992...
TIME
550 PM CDT A CITIZEN REPOQRTED 3/4 INCH HAIL 35 MILES SOUTH
OF VALENTINE OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY.
SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE BROKEN BY THE HAIL.
BURNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 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.