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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE

June 7, 1992Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1992, 6:44 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1992, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keith County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 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 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 080040
SVRLBF
NEC101-080145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
744 PM CDT (644 PM MDT) SUN JUN 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT (745 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...KEITH COUNTY
 
AT 633 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
LEYMONE TO 5 MILES WEST OF BRULE OR ABOUT 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH
PLATTE. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OGALLALA
AND BRULE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE
MCCOUANGHY SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
MONSON 0039Z

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 7, 3:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-062230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS REGION
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE A WARM FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF HYANNIS
OR ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
WATCH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPuMENT CLOSELY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-080030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE.
AT 625 PM CDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  ONE WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 45
MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ANOTHER ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
OGALLALA OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND FINALLY ONE ABOUT 5
MILES WEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL
POSSIBLE.  WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM
WEST OF OGALLALA ABOUT 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF MULLEN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 1O MILES
AN HOUR.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:22 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-080130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  SOME
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN THIS LINE BUT NO SEVERE
WEATHER HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OGALLALA OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ONE ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ONE
10 MILES EAST OF ARTHUR AND FINALLY ONE 5 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR
ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR.  SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY
OF OGALLALA.

MONSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFKeith40 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.