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Tornado Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE

July 9, 1992Antelope County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1992, 5:51 PM CDT for Antelope County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1992, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Antelope County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 KOFK 092251
TOROFK
NEC003-092315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
551 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN ANTELOPE

AT 543 PM CDT FROM THE ANTELOPE COUNTY SHERIFF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO THE SOUTHEAST ROYAL AND SOUTHWEST OF
ORCHARD MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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 TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM
 CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
 SOUTHERN KNOK AND NORTHERN ANTELOPE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED.

 GVA 2249Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry31 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker22 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry30 min
Jul 9, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker61 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas31 min
Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan35 min
Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox80 min
Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 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.