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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 1992Antelope County, Knox County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 7:51 PM CDT for Antelope County, Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Antelope County, NE, Knox County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4794 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
4794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
8.2
Supercell composite
39.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 170051
SVROFK
NEC003-107-170130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
751 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      ANTELOPE...KNOX

AT 748 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR VERDEL IN KNOX COUNTY TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLEARWATER...OR FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF O NEILL TO 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF O NEILL.  60 TO 70 MPH WEST WINDS ARE OCCURRING
ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS.

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.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  DO
NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR
TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID
LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
 NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM.

 MILLER

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, 4:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 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 47 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, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd42 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.