Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Custer 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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NEC041-170000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUSTER...THE CITY OF BROKEN BOW

AT 623 PM CDT A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED BETWEEN
MERNA AND ANSELMO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TONADO
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS ABOUT 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.  RESIDENTS OF BROKEN BOW...MERNA AND
SARGENT SHOULD TAKE COVER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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

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...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...FIND SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT IF
ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT

                                                                   X

 MONSON 2329Z

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

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
6:05 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

AT 5:20 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 54 MPH
HIT VALENTINE NEBRASKA...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.H

BURNS

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.