Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 8:15 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1992, 8:15 AM CDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1992, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 051317 SVRLBF NEC111-051345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 815 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 810 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR BRADY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL HIT BRADY AND MAXWELL. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE. 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. 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. WALAWENDER 1315Zu
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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 27 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, 2 hours 39 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, 2 hours 33 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:56 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
NEZ006-012-051355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 755 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 750 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF STAPLETON OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS LINE AS MOVED IT MOVED THROUGH TRYON. PEOPLE IN STAPLETON SHOULD SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. WALAWENDER
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, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT | 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.