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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE

June 16, 1992Johnson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 12:23 AM CDT for Johnson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLNK 160523
TORLNK
NEC097-160600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
1223 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHERN JOHNSON

AT 1215 AM CDT A STATE TROOPER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
4 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY STERLING.  THIS STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH.  PERSONS IN STERLING SHOULD
TAKE COVER

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RKESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 THERE IS ALSO A TORNDAO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST JOHNSON
 COUNTY.

 GROSSHANS

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, 8:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 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 29 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 54 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 40 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.

TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDT, 59 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:15 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1215 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...

AT 1205 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF LINE THAT STRECHED FROM 60 MILES WEST OF
NORFOLK TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

SOME SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIjGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.  ALSO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME LOWLAND FLOODING.

VA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler64 min
Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler25 min
Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline64 min
Jun 15, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline32 min
Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline21 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward17 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster32 min
Jun 15, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward26 min
Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster31 min
Jun 15, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders52 min
Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster36 min
Jun 15, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt23 min
Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders63 min
Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson30 min
Jun 16, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe53 min
Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt66 min
Jun 16, 12:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe38 min
Jun 16, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe31 min
Jun 16, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt67 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.