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Tornado Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE

June 7, 1992Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 7:05 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1992, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keith County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-08Temperature 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°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 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 080101
TORLBF
NEC101-080145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 PM CDT (705 PM MDT) SUN JUN 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT (745 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...KEITH COUNTY
 
AT 653 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BRULE OR 60 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN BRULE AND ON BIG MAC SHOULD
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR KEITH COUNTY. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR BIG SPRINGS AT
650 PM MDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
MONSON 0100 Z

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 7, 3:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-062230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS REGION
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE A WARM FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF HYANNIS
OR ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
WATCH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPuMENT CLOSELY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-080030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE.
AT 625 PM CDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  ONE WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 45
MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ANOTHER ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
OGALLALA OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND FINALLY ONE ABOUT 5
MILES WEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL
POSSIBLE.  WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM
WEST OF OGALLALA ABOUT 55 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF MULLEN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 1O MILES
AN HOUR.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:22 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-080130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  SOME
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN THIS LINE BUT NO SEVERE
WEATHER HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OGALLALA OR ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ONE ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ONE
10 MILES EAST OF ARTHUR AND FINALLY ONE 5 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR
ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR.  SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY
OF OGALLALA.

MONSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith61 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.