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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 1992Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 7:18 PM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Boyd County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

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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, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 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 39 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, 1 hour 14 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 16, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Wheeler42 min
Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox39 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuming, Wayne40 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax40 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.