Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 012345 SVRLBF NEC117-020015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 644 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 642 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM TRYON TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON. TRYON IS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MONSON 2345Z
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, Sep 1, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-012355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 515 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. RN
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-012355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...THIRD LINE MAIN TEXT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 519 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 515 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. RN
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-012355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 552 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 550 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. RN
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:55 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-012355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...ADDED MOVDEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 552 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 550 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. RN
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 6:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-020155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 530 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 630 PM CDT...A SCATTERED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW INTENSE... EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TYRON...WHICH IS ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. RN
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 6:35 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ007-012-016-017-020155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME ON THIRD LINE HEADER... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM CDT MON AUG 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 630 PM CDT...A SCATTERED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW INTENSE... EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN NE...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTH WEST TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TYRON...WHICH IS ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. " RN
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.