Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 3:57 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1992, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 4:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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, Jun 5, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-051630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 AT 1030 AM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 25 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR SUTHERLAND...TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING POSSIB,LY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HALSEY...WHICH IS ABOUT 48 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING AS THEY RUSH TO THE EAST. SC
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-051830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1235 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 AT 1230 PM CDT RADAR REVEALED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MAIN AREA WAS LOCATED IN A 35 MILE WIDE BAND...FROM 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR AINSWORTH...TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR LEXINGTON. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW...WITH ANOTHER JUST SOUTH OF OCONTO. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE DETECTED ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY COULD PRODUCE BRIXEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL UNTIL 130 PM CDT. SC
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-051945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 145 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 135 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 60 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR MULLEN...TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR BURWELL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY SOUTH OF COMSTOCK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE REACHES SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SC
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Platte | 67 min |
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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.