Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT for Johnson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Johnson, 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 (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 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 tornado 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, 8:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
NEZ002-003-006-007-012-013-016-017-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CLEARING PART OF TORNADO WATCH 362 IN NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 755 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362 ISSUED AT 230 PM CDT IS NO LONGER VALID IN THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES... ...ZONE 2... CHERRY ...ZONE 6... ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER MCPHERSON ...ZONE 12... KEITH PERKINS ...ZONE 16... CHASE DUNDY THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...ZONE 3... BROWN KEYA PAHA ROCK ...ZONE 6... LOGAN THOMAS ...ZONE 7... BLAINE CUSTER LOUP ...ZONE 12... LINCOLN ...ZONE 13... DAWSON ...ZONE 16... HAYES HITCHCOCK ...ZONE 17... FRONTIER FURNAS GOSPER HARLAN PHELPS RED WILLOW IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. POWERS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NEZ010-015-IAZ009-012-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 830 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF NORFOLK AND COLUMBUS SOUTHWESTWARD TO EAST OF GRAND ISLAND. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...BUT THE LINE OF STORMS WAS SHIFTING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD. ONE THUNDERSTORM OVER SAUNDERS COUNTY...OR 40 MILES WEST OF OMAHA...HAD WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE OMAHA AREA AFTER 9 PM CDT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POSSIBLY DANGEROUS STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IFC A WARNING IS ISSUED. ANDERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ010-019-020-IAZ009-012-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 845 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS MONDAY EVENING... AT 845 PM CDT ONLY BRIEF SHOWERS WERE JUST TO THE WEST OF OMAHA WITH THICK CLOUDS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN NOTED AROUND OMAHA AND OVER NEBRASKA TO THE SOUTH OF OMAHA OR OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA BUT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA 50 TO 125 MILES TO THE WEST OF OMAHA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THERE REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD. EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDING THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA AND WESTERN IOWA ARE STILL THREATENED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. POWERS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NEZ002-003-006-007-012-013-016-017-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FURTHER CLEARING IN TORNADO WATCH 362 IN NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 930 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362 ISSUED AT 230 PM CDT IS NO LONGER VALID IN THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES... ...ZONE 6... LOGAN THOMAS ...ZONE 12... LINCOLN ...ZONE 16... HAYES HITCHCOCK ...ZONE 17... FRONTIER RED WILLOW THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...ZONE 3... BROWN KEYA PAHA ROCK ...ZONE 7... BLAINE CUSTER LOUP ...ZONE 13... DAWSON ...ZONE 17... FURNAS GOSPER HARLAN PHELPS I IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. POWERS
Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1043 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
TIME EVENT
APPROX 1020 PM CDT NEAR WEST POINT IN CUMING COUNTY...DAMAGE TO
3 TRAILORS AND ONE HOUSE...ALL IN A TRAILOR
COURT NEAR WEST POINT. ALSO...FARM JUST EAST
OF WEST POINT HAD WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. TWO MINOR
INJURIES REPORTED.
TDKSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
NEZ004-009-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 1125 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 1125 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK TO ALBION OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER BOONE...ANTELOPE PIERCE AND MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PMb. SOME SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME LOWLAND FLOODING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THEY PASS OVER. TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 1:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 50 min |
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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.