Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 29, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richardson County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Richardson, NE | |
| Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Richardson, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jul 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007>010-014-015-018>020-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 415 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1992 ...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY GENERATE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTERACTS WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY MOIST FROM ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AND RIVERS AND CREEKS STILL RUNNING HIGH AND JUST NOW RECEDING FROM RECENT RAINS ...PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FORM FRANKLIN TO HASTINGS TO NEBRRASKA CITY SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AS ANYMORE ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Richardson | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.