Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 5:45 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 15, 1992, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:15 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Lincoln, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 151046 SVRLBF NEC111-151145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 545 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 540 AM CDT..RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE TOWN OF HERSHEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING E AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE BY 605 AM CDT. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SUTHERLAND WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ABBAS/SC
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 15, 3:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NEZ006-006-012-150813- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 313 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 313 AM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN KEITH COUNTY...ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NE. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF OGALLALA NE...SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO. BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL MAY BE PRODUCED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES HOUR. THE LINE EXTENDED NORTH INTO ARTHUR...CONTINUING NORTHEAST TO NEAR MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY...WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR WITH THE LINE NORTH OF OGALLALA. RN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 69 min |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.