Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
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.
- 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
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.
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, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cuming, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.