Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:57 PM CDT for Garfield County, Loup County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 KOFK 162357
SVROFK
NEC115-071-170030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
657 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
LOUP...GARFIELD
AT 652 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 15 MILES WEST OF
TAYLOR...OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF O NEILL. THE STORM WAS ALSO
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF TAYLOR AND BURWELL...
TAKE COVER.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...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.
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST AND NO;RTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
MILLERWhat 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 50 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, 5 hours 7 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, 2 hours 18 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, 53 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, 6:07 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 |
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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.