Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 5:19 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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, 5:39 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 12:00Z, 10.3 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 152219 SVRLBF NEC111-152245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 519 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 515 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SUTHERLAND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. THIS EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST LINCOLN COUNTY WHICH HAD EXPIRED AT 515 PM CDT. 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. MONS@ON 2219Z
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, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT...A AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 55 MILES TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE WITH THE STRONGEST STORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA NEBRASKA. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WIND AS THE SnTORMS MOVE ACROSS KEITH COUNTY. ACH
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, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 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, 5:47 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
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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.