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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 1992Custer County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDTTornado F1Custer, NE
Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDTTornado F0Custer, NE
Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDTTornado F1Custer, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Red Willow58 min
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, 6:30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.