Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 4:15 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 75 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherry County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 KVTN 162221 COR
SVRVTN
NEC031-162215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
515 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING WHICH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CHERRY COUNTY.
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHEAST CHERRY
AT 515 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER VALENTINE IN THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF CHERRY COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THOSE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSY WINDS
...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE
ITEMS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIE.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
BURNSWhat 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, 12:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 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, 12:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 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, 3:39 PM MDT, 36 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, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 5:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 5:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM MDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.