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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

May 15, 1992Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
May 15, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Holt County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Holt, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 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 KOFK 160047
SVROFK
NEC089-160115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
747 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN HOLT

AT 742 CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
HOLT COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF O NEILL.  THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS 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.

 THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY
 IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  NO FURTHER REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAS
 BEEN RECEIVED.  A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

 TDK

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, May 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ012-016-152100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
303 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM VENANGO TO DICKENS...OR FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR DICKENS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN LINCOLN...PERKINS
AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  PEOPLE IN GRANT...DICKENS AND
LAMAR CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ012-016-017-152145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
342 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 339 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM BRULE TO WELLFLEET...OR FROM 55 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES SOUTH
OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF
NORTH PLATTE NEAR WELLFLEET.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS
AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  PEOPLE IN GRANT...WELLFLEET
...KEYSTONE AND OGALLALA CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-152225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
426 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 420 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM HAIGLER TO THEDFORD...OR FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES
NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES
WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR PAXTON.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS
...CHASE...DUNDY...HAYES...MCPHERSON AND THOMAS COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.  PEOPLE IN PAXTON...NOWRTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL AND SUTHERLAND
CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

WALAWENDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt43 min
May 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope45 min
May 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPierce60 min
May 15, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln40 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox, Pierce68 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt68 min
May 15, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox29 min
May 15, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox, Pierce41 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Pierce59 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison34 min
May 15, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax, Platte, Stanton28 min
May 15, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln51 min
May 16, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPierce69 min
May 16, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope54 min
May 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWayne66 min
May 16, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Pierce56 min
May 16, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFWayne34 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.