Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 68 min. 3 reports 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, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Custer, NE | |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Custer, NE | |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Custer, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 162308 SVRLBF NEC041-170015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 607 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...CUSTER COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNOLD OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN ARNOLD...BROKEN BOW AND CALLAWAY SHOULD TAKE COVER AS THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. 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 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAYd FROM WINDOWS. MONSON 2307Z
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 16, 1:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 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, 4 hours 17 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, 1 hour 28 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE 6:05 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 AT 5:20 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 54 MPH HIT VALENTINE NEBRASKA...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.H BURNS
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, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 61 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, 6:30 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.