Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 9:01 PM MDT for Grant County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1992, 9:01 PM MDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 4381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 25.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 050303 SVRLBF NEC075-091-050330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1001 PM CDT (901 PM MDT) SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT (930 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...WEST CENTRAL HOOKER COUNTY AT 858 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HYANNIS TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HETZKE
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, Jul 4, 7:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 820 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT 818 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR OR 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTO WESTERN KEITH AND PERKINS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH I|S IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 12:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 12:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 5:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 7:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 49 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.