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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 1992Antelope County, Knox County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 5:25 PM CDT for Antelope County, Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 80 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, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Antelope County, NE, Knox County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 9, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Antelope, 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

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 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 092225
SVROFK
NEC003-107-092345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
525 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN ANTELOPE...SOUTHERN KNOX

AT 1720 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 TO 10
MILES NORTH OF ROYAL IN NORTHERN ANTELOPE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 20 MPH.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
 UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING.

 VA 2224Z

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	22 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	30 min
Jul 9, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker	61 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Thomas	31 min
Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Logan	35 min
Jul 9, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Antelope	24 min
Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	45 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.