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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Omaha, NE

June 16, 1992Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 8:39 PM CDT for Harrison County, Iowa. It was in force for 51 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 16, 1992, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDTTornado F3Harrison, IA

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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 16, 4:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-162215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
435 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11PM...

AT 434 PM RADAR WAS BEGINNING TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN
THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BROWN COUNTY SOUTH OF ELSMERE OR ABOUT
60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE.  THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH AND COULD BECOME STRONGER IN THE NEXT H~OUR.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NEBRASKA SHOULD
STAY CLOSE TO A TV OR RADIO AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
NEZ010-020-IAZ009-012-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF NEBRAKA CITY
INCLUDING THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS VICINTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

AT 455 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
OR SOUTHWEST IOWA.  HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  STORMS CAN BUILD QUICKLY AND
BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR IF A WARNING IS
I?SSUED.
JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
NEZ010-020-IAZ009-012-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
553 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF NEBRAKA CITY
INCLUDING THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS VICINTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

AT 455 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
OR SOUTHWEST IOWA.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE AT
ANYTIME SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN VERY WARM EARLY THIS EVENING WITH READINGS IN
THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90.  WIlNDS WILL BE GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 35 MPH.
JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:49 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
NEZ010-015-170145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
749 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...

AT 740 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA BETWEEN OMAHA AND LINCOLN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE
IN STRENGTH THROUGH 830 PM CDT.  THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS FROM JUST WEST OF OMAHA SOUTHEAST TOWARDS BEATRICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  REMEMBER...A TORNADO
WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING TORNADOES.

PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
CO-VER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATRHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
807 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

IN NEBRASKA THIS TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

...ZONE 3...
BROWN            KEYA PAHA
ROCK

...ZONE 7...
BLAINE          CUSTER          LOUP

...ZONE 13...
DAWSON

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

...ZONE 3...
BOYD              HOLT

...ZONE 4...
ANTELOPE        CEDAR           KNOX            PIERCE
WAYNE

...ZONE 7...
BLAINE          CUSTER          LOUP

...ZONE 8...
GARFIELD        GREELEY         VALLEY          WHEELER

...ZONE 9...
BOONE           COLFAX          CUMING          MADISON
PL{ATTE          STANTON

...ZONE 14...
BUFFALO         HALL            HAMILTON        HOWARD
MERRICK         NANCE           SHERMAN

...IOWA ZONE 4...
DAKOTA          DIXON           THURSTON

GW
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATRHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
807 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

IN NEBRASKA THIS TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

...ZONE 3...
BROWN            KEYA PAHA
ROCK

...ZONE 7...
BLAINE          CUSTER          LOUP

...ZONE 13...
DAWSON

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

...ZONE 3...
BOYD              HOLT

...ZONE 4...
ANTELOPE        CEDAR           KNOX            PIERCE
WAYNE

...ZONE 8...
GARFIELD        GREELEY         VALLEY          WHEELER

...ZONE 9...
BOONE           COLFAX          CUMING          MADISON
PLATTE          STANTON

...ZONE 14..r.
BUFFALO         HALL            HAMILTON        HOWARD
MERRICK         NANCE           SHERMAN

...IOWA ZONE 4...
DAKOTA          DIXON           THURSTON

GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders16 min
Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas38 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington52 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXWashington11 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward30 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler30 min
Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward29 min
Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler29 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders48 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt48 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Seward41 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline41 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy58 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington58 min
Jun 16, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster53 min
Jun 16, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster33 min
Jun 16, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Saunders29 min
Jun 16, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage62 min
Jun 16, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSarpy31 min
Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDouglas31 min
Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy43 min
Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe43 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison31 min
Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison30 min
Jun 17, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills38 min
Jun 17, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby42 min
Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills44 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.