Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 11:10 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1992, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Red Willow County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 050410
SVRLBF
NEC145-050445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1110 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
THE CITY OF MCCOOK...RED-WILLOW
AT 1105 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
WEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA OR 65 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WILL
THRU THE CITY OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY.
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.
ETZKE 0409ZWhat 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, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 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, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 49 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.