Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1992, 7:23 PM CDT for Frontier County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min. 4 reports 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, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1992, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Frontier County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Frontier, NE | |
| Jul 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Frontier, NE | |
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 4 | Red Willow, NE | |
| Jul 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 4 | Red Willow, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 080025 SVRLBF NEC063-145-080120- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 723 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...FRONTIER COUNTY...NORTHERN RED-WILLOW COUNTY AT 717 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK...OR 53 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF STOCKVILLE...OR 38 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 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. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar | 41 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.