Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 11:31 PM CDT for Cass County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, NE, Saunders County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Saunders, 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 (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 170431 TOROMA NEC025-155-170500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY AT 1125 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR ASHLAND BY 1145 PM. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 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 | Butler, Seward | 41 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, 11:43 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.