Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:49 PM CDT for Butler County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, NE, Seward County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 4794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 8.2
- Supercell composite
- 39.8
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, 7:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 42 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IN NEBRASKA THIS TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR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
GWSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NEZ004-009-170315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 930 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 928 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A GROWING AND RAPIDLY ADVANCING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK NORTH OF STANTON TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS APPEAR TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN SOME HAIL AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER MADISON...STANTON...SOUTHEAST BOONE AS WELL AS WESTERN PLATTE COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM. SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING SO PEOPLE ARE ADVISEDa TO LISTEN TO RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:07 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
NEZ015-019-060215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 1000 PM CDT A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE PLATTE RIVER ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF GRAND ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. THESE ARE FAST MOVING DANGEROUS STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THEY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BRING HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING. MEIER
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:22 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
NEZ010-015-170145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1015 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SIOUX CITY IOWA THROUGH COLUMBUS THEN TO SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MPH. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BURT... DODGE...AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES BY 1100 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 300 AM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ANY OF THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. PEOPLE 0SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. CHERMOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 16 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Washington | 11 min |
| Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Saunders | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Saunders | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 44 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.