Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 6:19 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1992, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1992, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 051120 SVRLBF NEC111-051200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 619 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 613 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2- NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL HIT NORTH PLATTE AND MAXWELL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 5, 4:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
NEZ006-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 444 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 ...INTENSE THNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA IN THE NEXT HOUR... AT 442 AM CDT OR 330 AM MDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES WIDE FROM 90 MILES NORTHWEST TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE HYANNIS AND MULLEN TOWNSHIIP WITHIN THE HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVING THROUGH GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES. JER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
NEZ006-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION ON MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 444 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 ...INTENSE THNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA IN THE NEXT HOUR... AT 442 AM CDT OR 342 AM MDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES WIDE FROM 90 MILES NORTHWEST TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE HYANNIS AND MULLEN TOWNSHIP WITHIN THE HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVING THROUGH GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES. JER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:36 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
NEZ006-051140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 530 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 527 AM CDT OR 440 AM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST TO 100 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR 53 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. JER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:42 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
NEZ006-051140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 530 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 527 AM CDT OR 427 AM MDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE...FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST TO 100 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR 53 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THE STORMS WE RE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. JER
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, 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, 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.