Tornado Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 16, 1992, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, NE, Keya Paha 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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NEC103-015-162330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN KEYA PAHA...BOYD

AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INIDCATED A TORNADO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
O NEILL...JUST NORTH OF THE NIOBRARA RIVER IN SOUTHEAST KEYA PAHA
COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND PERSONS IN JAMISON
...MILLS AND NAPER SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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 IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

 A TORNADOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
 NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

  BOWMAN

In the hours before

NEC031-161800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
12 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

AT 1155 AM CDT...A THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
NENZEL OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

BURNS

NEC031-161800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
145 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

AT 140 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF KILGORE
HAD MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH DbAKOTA BORDER ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
VALENTINE...NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS
STORM.

BURNS

NEZ006-007-012-016-017-162215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
430 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST
   CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 425 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MULLEN OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.  SMALL HAIL IS
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT HEADS TOWARDS OPEN COUNTRY.

OTHER WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS KEITH COUNTY JUST EAST
OF OGALLALA OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

MONSON

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.