Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 7:50 PM CDT for Butler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1992, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 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 KLNK 160050
TORLNK
NEC023-160115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
750 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN BUTLER
AT 745 PM CDT SPOTTERS IN OSCEOLA AND 6 MILES WEST OF SURPRISE
REPORTED TORNADOES ON THE GROUND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO 'MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
DUINWhat 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 15, 3:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 315 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. JUST A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF O NEILL AND EAST OF VALENTINE AT 310 PM. STORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY...SO IF YOU ARE IN THE WESTERN PAnRT OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...REMAIN ALERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 542 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL...AND MOST OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA. VERY STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...AND WERE MOVING NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS CEAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...SO REMAIN ALERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER INSID A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 630 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NORTH OF NORFOLK... AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK...NEAR OSMOND. THE STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH INTO PARTS OF CEDAR AND KNOX COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THE STORM SHOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF OSMOND... RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE AND WAUSA. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORM. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...SO REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 710 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA... AT 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK TO NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS... MOVING INTO PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...20 TO 40 MILES EAST OF VALENTINE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...SO REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 67 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.