Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:07 AM CDT for Mills County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 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 17, 1992, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mills County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado F2 | Mills, IA |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 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 16, 8:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 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IN NEBRASKA THIS TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR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, 3 hours 52 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, 2 hours 36 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 45 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:10 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1110 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
FROM THE EVENING OF JUNE 16TH.
TIME EVENT
520 PM CDT TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH IN BROWN COUNTY.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AROUND AINSWORTH.
535 PM CDT 3 SOUTHEAST AINSOWRTH POWER LINES DOWN FROM TORNADO.
605 PM CDT TORNADO 3 SOUTHWEST NAPER IN BOYD COUNTY.
615 PM CDT 3/4 IN HAIL AT NAPER.
628 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT NAPER.
638 PM CDT TORNADO THROUGH THE MAIN STREET OF NAPER.
652 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 15 WEST OF TAYLOR IN LOUP COUNTY.
658 PM CDT TORNADO NEAR SPENCER IN BOYD COUNTY.
731 PM CDT 61 MPH WIND AT O NEILL IN HOLT COUNTY.
755 PM CDT TWO BUILDINGS DESTROYED 10 SOUTH OF EWING IN HOLT COUNTY.
800 PM CDT THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED...TREES UPROOTED...DAMAGE TO
TRAILOR HOME AT NIOBRARA IN KNOX COUNTY.
810 PM CDT TREE LIMBS DOWN AT CLEARWATER IN ANTELOPE COUNTY.
1020 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL 8 SOUTH OF WAYNE IN WAYNE COUNTY.
1027 PM CDT POWER LINES DOWN AT WISNER IN CUMING COUNTY.
1030 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL JUST WEST OF SCHUYLER IN COLFAX COUNTY.
1030 PM CDT WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 15 JUST WEST OF HOWELLS IN COLFAX
COUNTY.
.
1040 PM CDT POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AT WEST POINT IN CUMING COUNTY.
1055 PM CDT LOW LAND FLOODING WITH WATER ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 8 NORTH OF
SCHUYLER IN COLFAX COUNTY.
BOWMANThe 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, 11:31 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, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 44 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.