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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1992, 8:18 PM CDT for Burt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 11, 1992, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burt County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Burt, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 120118 TOROMA NEC021-120145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 818 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHERN BURT COUNTY AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR DECATUR...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA. DECATUR RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. IT ALSO CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM O!N THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION SUCH AS A DITCH OR CULVERT. POLLACK
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, Jul 11, 2:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-112025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 220 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 205 PM CDT A 40 MILES WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK THROUGH YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF NIOBRARA OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YANKTON AND BETWEEN CREIGHTON AND PLAINVIEW OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ONEILL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SANTEE...WAUSA AND THE ONEILL ATKINSON AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. . MML
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 615 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ... AT 610 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY BETWEEN WAYNE AND WAKEFIELD OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND APPEARS CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND G~USTS OF UP TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THURSTON COUNTY. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DECTED OVER THE NOR CENTRAL SECTIONS AT THIS TIME. VA
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 615 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ... AT 610 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY BETWEEN WAYNE AND WAKEFIELD OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND APPEARS CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THURSTON COUNTY. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS AT THIS TIME. VA
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 615 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1992 ... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ... AT 610 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY BETWEEN WAYNE AND WAKEFIELD OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND APPEARS CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMHALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THURSTON COUNTY. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS AT THIS TIME. VA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 22 min |
| Jul 12, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 24 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.