Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 13, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 12:00Z, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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 KLBF 132249 SVRLBF NEC111-132330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 548 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 543 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 20 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MAXWELL AND BRADY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARILER WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU: ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WALAWENDER 2248Z
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 13, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NEZ006-132125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 325 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 320 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF PURDUM...OR 55 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HALSEY AND THE HALSEY FOREST BY 355 PM CDT. MARBLE SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...M*OVE TO A PLACE OF REINFORCED SHELTER. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 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.