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Tornado Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 15, 1992Antelope County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:04 PM CDTHail 1.75Antelope, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

 MILLER

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln52 min
May 15, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd44 min
May 15, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt33 min
May 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln59 min
May 15, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt28 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.