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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

May 15, 1992Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1992, 8:05 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1992, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 15 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 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 KLBF 160105
TORLBF
NEC111-160145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN LINCOLN

AT 758 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DICKENS OR 30 MILES SOUTHWES OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE SERERE
THUNDERSTORM PORDUCING THE POOSSIBLE. TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES. PEOPLE IN DICKENS AND WELLFLEET SHOULD TAKE COVER. THIS
DOESNT INCLUDE THE CITH OF NORH PLATTE.

REPORTS OF TORNADOS OR TORNADO DAMAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt43 min
May 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope45 min
May 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPierce60 min
May 15, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt28 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox, Pierce68 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt68 min
May 15, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox29 min
May 15, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox, Pierce41 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Pierce59 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison34 min
May 15, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax, Platte, Stanton28 min
May 15, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln51 min
May 16, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPierce69 min
May 16, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope54 min
May 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWayne66 min
May 16, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Pierce56 min
May 16, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFWayne34 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.