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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 1992Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 3:29 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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 9, 1992, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1992, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hooker County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 3:49 PM MDTHail 1Hooker, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1992-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 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 1992-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 092129
SVRLBF
NEC091-092230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
329 PM MDT THU JUL 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      CENTRAL AND EASTERN HOOKER

AT 425 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THIS
STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL HIT THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN.
RESIDENTS OF MULLEN SHOULD TAKE COVER AS LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS.  MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY.

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 WALAWENDER 2129Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Jul 9, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker22 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry30 min
Jul 9, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas31 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan35 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox80 min
Jul 9, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFAntelope24 min
Jul 9, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.