Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 6:26 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 14, 1992, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Wheeler, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 KOFK 142326
SVROFK
NEC183-150000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
626 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
WHEELER
AT 624 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTH OF O NEILL...OR NEAR BARTLETT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF BARTLETT AND ERICSON ARE IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD 2MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MILLERWhat 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 14, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ006-142120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 320 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 315 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MULLEN TO 10 MILES WEST OF THEDFORD...OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN HOOKER AND THOM AS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THEDFORD...MULLEN AND HALSEY CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NEZ006-142225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 425 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 420 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FROM TRYON TO HALSEY...OR FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO 45 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF HALSEY AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF THEDFORD OR... ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MCPHERSON...LOGAN AND THOMAS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN TRYON AND THE HALSEY FOREST CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:44 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
NEZ006-012-142345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 545 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNOLD TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRYON...OR FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNOLD...OR FROM 25 MILES NORTH TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN LINCOLN...LOGAN AND WESTERN CUSTER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN STAPLETON AND ARNOLD CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
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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.