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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE

July 4, 1992Red Willow County, Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
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

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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 0409Z

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins26 min
Jul 4, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker29 min
Jul 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln26 min
Jul 5, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha36 min
Jul 5, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock63 min
Jul 5, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry49 min
Jul 5, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln41 min
Jul 5, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln30 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln49 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.