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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS North Platte, NE

September 1, 1992Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1992, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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 00:00Z on 1992-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1286 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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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, Sep 1, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 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, 2 hours 19 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, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 36 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
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:54 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, McPherson27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.