Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 5:54 PM CDT for Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 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
- May 16, 1992, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wayne, 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
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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, May 16, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 435 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN HYANNIS AND ARNOLD OR 75 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAPLETON OR 35 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:27 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 525 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 520 PM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILE AN HOUR NEAR THEDFORD WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF HALSEY OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ARNOLD OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PER?KINS AND KEITH COUNTIES FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN A FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope | 45 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce | 60 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 28 min |
| May 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Knox, Pierce | 68 min |
| May 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 68 min |
| May 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox | 29 min |
| May 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox, Pierce | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Pierce | 59 min |
| May 15, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 34 min |
| May 15, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte, Stanton | 28 min |
| May 15, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce | 69 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope | 54 min |
| May 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce | 56 min |
| May 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Wayne | 34 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.