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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS North Platte, NE

July 7, 1992Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1992, 6:10 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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 7, 1992, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Frontier County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Frontier, 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 072310
SVRLBF
NEC063-080015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
610 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...FRONTIER COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CURTIS..OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE
TOWN OF CURTIS WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry26 min
Jul 6, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Jul 6, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry25 min
Jul 6, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry35 min
Jul 6, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant37 min
Jul 6, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker33 min
Jul 6, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, McPherson33 min
Jul 6, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson34 min
Jul 6, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln66 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.