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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 1992Cuming County, Wayne County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT for Cuming County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cuming County, NE, Wayne County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Wayne, 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5 hours 41 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, 4 hours 16 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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
810 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...LATE SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM JUNE 15 1992...

TIME           LOCATION             EVENT

308 PM MDT     7 N OGALLALA         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
318 PM MDT     10 N OGALLALA        GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL

WALAWENDER

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
845 PM CDT TUE JUNE 16 1992

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM JUNE 16 1992...

             CONVECTIVE REPORTS

TIME           LOCATION              EVENT

540 PM CDT     TRYON                 NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
556 PM CDT     STAPLETON             DIME SIZED HAIL
600 PM CDT     THEDFORD              NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
610 PM CDT     STAPLETON             GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                     NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                     TRAILER HOUSE LOST ROOF
                                     TREE SMASHED CAR
                                     SEVERAL LARGE TREE BLOCKING
                                     CITY STREETS
616 PM CDT     HALSEY                PING PONG SIZED HAIL
617 PM CDT     10 NE ARNOLD          POSSIBLE TORNADO
623 PM CDT     5 N MERNA             TORNADO
635 PM CDT     15 N BROKEN BOW       TORNADO

           NON-CONVECTIVE REPORTS

TIME           LOCATION              EVENT

454 PM CDT     KEYSTONE               60 MPH WINDS
458 PM CDT     OGALLALA              60-80 MPH WINDS
520 PM CDT     PAXTON                60 MPH WINDS
525 PM CDT     WALLACE               80 MPH WINDS
525 PM CDT     SUTHERLAND            60 MPH WINDS
535 PM CDT     HERSHEY               50-60 MPH WINDS
545 PM CDT     WRN NORTH PLATTE      50 MPH WINDS
555 PM CDT     LBF                   58 MPH WINDS
6a00 PM CDT     GRANT                 60 MPH WINDS
611 PM CDT     CURTIS                70-80 MPH WINDS
615 PM CDT     STRATTON              60 MPH WINDS
630 PM CDT     MCCOOK                50-60 MPH WINDS

WALAWENDER

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, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Antelope, Knox	39 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Colfax	40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.