Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT for Antelope County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- May 15, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Antelope County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:04 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Antelope, 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
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 152347
TOROFK
NEC003-160015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
647 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
ANTELOPE
AT 645 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF ELGIN
..OR 35 MILES WEST OR NORFOLK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ELGIN...OAKDALE AND
TILDEN TAKE COVER NOW.
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 THE AREA THE REST OF THE EVENING.
MILLERWhat 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, May 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ012-016-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 303 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VENANGO TO DICKENS...OR FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR DICKENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...DICKENS AND LAMAR CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ012-016-017-152145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 339 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BRULE TO WELLFLEET...OR FROM 55 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR WELLFLEET. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT...WELLFLEET ...KEYSTONE AND OGALLALA CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-152225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 426 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HAIGLER TO THEDFORD...OR FROM 85 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR PAXTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS ...CHASE...DUNDY...HAYES...MCPHERSON AND THOMAS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN PAXTON...NOWRTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL AND SUTHERLAND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd | 44 min |
| May 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 33 min |
| May 15, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 59 min |
| May 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.