Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT for Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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 16, 1992, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Brown, 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 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 162159
SVROFK
NEC017-162300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
459 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
BROWN
AT 450 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
ENDERSLAKE OR 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE. THE STORM WAS
TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF AINSWORTH...
JOHNSTOWN...AND LONE PINE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND3S...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
MMLWhat 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 16, 1:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
NEC031-161800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE 12 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 AT 1155 AM CDT...A THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED 5 MILES SOUTH OF NENZEL OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BURNS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
NEC031-161800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE 145 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 AT 140 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF KILGORE HAD MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH DbAKOTA BORDER ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE...NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. BURNS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-162215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 430 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 425 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT HEADS TOWARDS OPEN COUNTRY. OTHER WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS KEITH COUNTY JUST EAST OF OGALLALA OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MONSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 75 min |
| Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 33 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.