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Tornado Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE

June 5, 1992Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 1:26 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 1:26 PM MDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 1:47 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 5, 7:55 AM MDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
9 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 745 AM CDT THE THUNDERSHOWERS MOVING ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY PASSED
OVER VALENTINE DROPPING ABOUT .35 OF AN INCH PRECIPITATION IN LESS
THAN 10 MINUTES. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL FELL AT VALENTINE...PEA SIZED HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT OTHER LOCATIONS. THE THUNDERS
SHOWERS ARE NOW MOVING INTO EASTER CHERRY COUNTY AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-051630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 1030 AM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THIS AREA WAS LOCATED
IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 25 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR
SUTHERLAND...TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.  MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING
POSSIB,LY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HALSEY...WHICH IS ABOUT 48 MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING AS THEY RUSH TO THE EAST.

SC
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-051830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1235 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

AT 1230 PM CDT RADAR REVEALED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE MAIN
AREA WAS LOCATED IN A 35 MILE WIDE BAND...FROM 100 MILES NORTHEAST
OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR AINSWORTH...TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH
PLATTE...NEAR LEXINGTON.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW...WITH ANOTHER JUST SOUTH
OF OCONTO.  SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE DETECTED ALONG THE SOUTH
PLATTE RIVER.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY COULD PRODUCE BRIXEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL UNTIL 130 PM CDT.

SC
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:48 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-051945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
145 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST
   CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 135 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.  THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE
TO 60 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR MULLEN...TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST
OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR BURWELL.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN CUSTER
COUNTY SOUTH OF COMSTOCK.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE REACHES SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

SC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln30 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPlatte67 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.