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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS North Platte, NE

July 7, 1992Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1992, 9:22 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1992, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Wheeler County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2090 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 080222
SVROFK
NEC183-080300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
922 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      WHEELER

AT 9 10 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES
SOUTH OF O NEILL...JUST NORTHWEST OF ERICKSON...MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH BARTLETT
AT 9 30 PM CDT.

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.

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
 NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM CDT.

 BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Red Willow57 min
Jul 7, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRed Willow54 min
Jul 7, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield49 min
Jul 7, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar41 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.