Tornado Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 15, 1992, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1992, 4:00 PM MDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Keith County, NE

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 152130
TORLBF
NEC101-152200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
430 PM CDT (330 PM MDT) MON JUN 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT (400 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...KEITH COUNTY
 
AT 324 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
KEYSTONE OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN KEYSTONE AND ROSCOE SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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 VTHE 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 2129Z

In the hours before

NEZ006-007-012-152130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
340 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 340 PM CDT...A AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 55 MILES
TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE WITH THE STRONGEST STORM 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA NEBRASKA.
THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WIND AS THE SnTORMS
MOVE ACROSS KEITH COUNTY.

ACH

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