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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 1992Frontier County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 7:17 PM CDT for Frontier County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1992, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Frontier County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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 160017
SVRLBF
NEC063-145-160115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
717 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...FRONTIER COUNTY...RED-WILLOW COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 10 MILES WEST
TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MCCOOK AND STOCKVILLE ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
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 WEATHERt 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 0017Z

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, 3 hours 33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax28 min
Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Red Willow67 min
Jun 15, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFColfax, Platte35 min
Jun 15, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFColfax, Platte43 min
Jun 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry30 min
Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown61 min
Jun 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry75 min
Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson36 min
Jun 16, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha31 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan38 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Keya Paha28 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster68 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster30 min
Jun 16, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt43 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Loup33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.