Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 15, 1992, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colfax County, NE, Platte County, 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.

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TTAA00 KOFK 160110
TOROFK
NEC141-037-160145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
810 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      PLATTE...COLFAX

805PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO
20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND TORNADOES.  THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS AND
SCHUYLER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF POSSIBLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  AVOID
WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...TAKE COVER I9N A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
 UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

 BOWMAN

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.