Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1992, 6:24 PM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 29, 1992, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richardson County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Richardson, NE | |
| Jul 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Richardson, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 292325 TOROMA NEC147-300000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 624 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...EASTERN RICHARDSON COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR FALLS CITY IN SOUTHEAST RICHARDSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FALLS CITY AND RULO. 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. FOBERT
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 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007>010-014-015-018>020-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 415 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1992 ...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY GENERATE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTERACTS WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY MOIST FROM ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AND RIVERS AND CREEKS STILL RUNNING HIGH AND JUST NOW RECEDING FROM RECENT RAINS ...PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FORM FRANKLIN TO HASTINGS TO NEBRRASKA CITY SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AS ANYMORE ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. GW
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 617 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 6150 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD YET DEVELOPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR VALENTINE EAST ALONG THE NEBRASKA-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NORTH OF ONEILL. EVEN THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOT YET OCCURRED...PERSONS OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MEANWHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE THROyUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLIDE BACK TO ABOUT 65 BY MIDNIGHT. A GUSTY EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME STRONGER WITH THUNDERSTORMS. KLEFFMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT .......CORRECTED........ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 617 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 615 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD YET DEVELOPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR VALENTINE EAST ALONG THE NEBRASKA-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NORTH OF ONEILL. EVEN THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOT YET OCCURRED...PERSONS OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MEANWHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE NORTH CENT5RAL PART OF THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLIDE BACK TO ABOUT 65 BY MIDNIGHT. A GUSTY EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME STRONGER WITH THUNDERSTORMS. KLEFFMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 31 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.