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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS North Platte, NE

August 6, 1992Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1992, 5:45 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 6, 1992, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 1992, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Perkins County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 6, 5:58 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Perkins, 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 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 6, 4:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

NEZ006-012-062330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME IN FIRST LINE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
440 PM MDT THU AUG 6 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF
   WESTERN NEBRASKA...

AT 430 PM MDT RADAR REVEALED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
POISED TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE
LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 55 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF ARTHUR...TO
10 MILES WEST OF OGALLALA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG
WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN PARTS OF ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES BY 525 PM MDT.

BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON LAKE MCCONAUGHY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR
THREATENING WEATHER.
SC

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:29 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

NEZ006-012-070030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM MDT THU AUG 6 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF
   WESTERN NEBRASKA...

AT 530 PM MDT RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE
LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 55 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF ARTHUR...TO NEAR
THE CITY OF OGALLALA TO 20 WEST OF GRANT OR 65 MILES WEST SOUTH
WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS ARTHUR COUNTY TO KEITH COUNTY AND
PERKINS COUNTY.
BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON LAKE MCCONAUGHY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR
THREATENING WEATHER.                                         HETZKE

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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.