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Tornado Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Lincoln, NE | |
| Jul 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 14.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 300102 TORLBF NEC063-111-300130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 756 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLFLEET. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WELLFLEET IS 20 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. 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. ABBAS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 335 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT OR 9 PM CDT FOR GRANT..ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 332 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF THEDFORD OR 65 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST BSOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES AROUND 530 PM CDT. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ006-012-292215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 413 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT OR 9 PM CDT FOR GRANT..ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 410 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO KEITH AND ARTHUR COuUNTIES AROUND 5 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NEZ006-012-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 410 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 405 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF GRANT OR 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR TO NEAR VENANGO. ARTHUR AND VENANGO ARE LOCATED 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST AND 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 39 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.