Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 5:23 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1992, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 152223 SVRLBF NEC111-152315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 523 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AT 516 PM CDT...WIND GUSTS TO 58 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AT THE NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRADY AND MAXWELL ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WALAWENDER 2224Z
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, May 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NEZ012-016-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 303 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VENANGO TO DICKENS...OR FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR DICKENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...DICKENS AND LAMAR 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
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
NEZ012-016-017-152145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 339 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BRULE TO WELLFLEET...OR FROM 55 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR WELLFLEET. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...WELLFLEET ...KEYSTONE AND OGALLALA 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
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:25 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-152225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 426 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HAIGLER TO THEDFORD...OR FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR PAXTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS ...CHASE...DUNDY...HAYES...MCPHERSON AND THOMAS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN PAXTON...NOWRTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL AND SUTHERLAND 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 44 min |
| May 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 33 min |
| May 15, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 59 min |
| May 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 28 min |
| May 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Antelope | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.