Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 6:33 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 15, 1992, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Seward, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLNK 152333
SVRLNK
NEC159-160030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
633 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SEWARD...CITY OF SEWARD
AT 630 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWESTERN
SEWARD COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
AND LIKELY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING TOWARD GOEHNER AND
SEWARD.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DUINWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 15, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 315 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. JUST A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF O NEILL AND EAST OF VALENTINE AT 310 PM. STORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY...SO IF YOU ARE IN THE WESTERN PAnRT OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...REMAIN ALERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 542 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...AND MOST OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA. VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...AND WERE MOVING NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS CEAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...SO REMAIN ALERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER INSID A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 630 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NORTH OF NORFOLK... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK...NEAR OSMOND. THE STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH INTO PARTS OF CEDAR AND KNOX COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THE STORM SHOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF OSMOND... RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE AND WAUSA. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORM. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...SO REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
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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.