Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1992, 9:57 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
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, Jul 18, 7:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-IAZ056-080-090-091-190230- WEATHER UPDATE FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 753 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING OMAHA... AT 742 PM CDT...OMAHA RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF FREMONT...OR 30 MILES WEST OF OMAHA...TO NEAR ASHLAND AND WEEPING WATER TO JUST EAST OF TALMAGE NEBRASKA...WHICH IS 50 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERRE LOCATED NEAR ELKHORN AND LOUISVILLE. SOME OF THESE MAY BE PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE DIAMETER ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL UNTIL 830 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER ARISE AND BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFE[TY IF NECESSARY. KLEMM
Local storm report, Jul 18, 7:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
755 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM JULY 18 1992.
TIME EVENT
730 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL FROM BURWELL TO 4 MILES EAST OF BURWELL IN
GARFIELD COUNTY.
BOWMANSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NEZ015-019-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 820 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... RADAR AT 820 PM INDICATED STRONG A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING POLK COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN BUTLER COUNTY WERE HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN YORK. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND EASTERN GAGE COUNTY IN THE PAST 30 MIN. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORM WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SCHLACHTER
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NEZ015-019-190300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
840 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992
...THUNDERSTORMS IN SEWARD AND FILLMORE COUNTY...
RADAR AT 840 PM INDICATED STRONG A THUNDERSTORM IN SEWARD COUNTY
ENTERING LANCASTER COUNTY AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN WESTERN SEWARD
AND LANCASTER COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WITH THIS STORM UNTIL 930 PM.
ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM$S WERE IN SOUTHWEST FILLMORE COUNTY
MOVING INTO NORTHERN THAYER COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BELVIDERE. THIS
STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED INTO JEFFERSON
COUNTY AT 915PM.
SCHLACHTERSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 845 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 840 RADAR INDICATED A VERY STONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF LEIGH OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SCHUYLER DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORM BECOMES SEVERE. MML
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour before
NEZ010-015-020-IAZ056-080-090-091-190230- SPECIAL WEATHERR STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 857 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2AM CDT SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 845 PM CDT...OMAHA RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLENWOOD IOWA. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN MALVERN...HASTINGS...AND RANDOLPH IN SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGH 930 PM AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WERE INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN IN BUTLER AND SEWARD COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WETHER SITUATION. KLEMM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.