Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 1:27 AM CDT for Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 5, 1992, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1992, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rock County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:55 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rock, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 KOFK 050627
SVROFK
NEC103-149-050730-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
127 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN KEYA PAHA...ROCK
AT 125 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40
MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF AINSWORTH.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF
SPRINGVIEW...BASSETT AND NEWPORT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
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.
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, Jul 4, 8:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 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 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.