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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

August 13, 1992Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 7:20 PM CDTHail 2.75Lincoln, 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, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 132331
SVRLBF
NEC111-140030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
630 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 627 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF
NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRADY
AND WELLFLEET ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARILER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
 
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
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 2330Z

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, 3 hours 5 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan35 min
Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan30 min
Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln39 min
Aug 13, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.