Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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
- 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 160158
TORLNK
NEC151-160230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
858 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN SALINE
AT 855 PM CDT A TORNADO WAR REPORTED ON THE SALINE/FILLMORE COUNTY
LINE 4 MILES NORTH OF TOBIAS. IT IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL TRACK NORTH THROUGH THE WESTERN EDGE OF SALINE
COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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.
MEIERWhat 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, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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, 1 hour 48 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
Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
800 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
...PRELIMINARY REPORT...
TIME (CDT) EVENT AND LOCATION
628 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN BEAVER CROSSING REPORTED B]Y
FIRE DEPARTMENT
658 GOLFBALL SIZE TO 2 1/2 INCH HAIL IN STAPLEHURST
DUINSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 8:02 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
NEZ002-003-006-007-012-013-016-017-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CLEARING PART OF TORNADO WATCH 362 IN NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 755 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362 ISSUED AT 230 PM CDT IS NO LONGER VALID IN THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES... ...ZONE 2... CHERRY ...ZONE 6... ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER MCPHERSON ...ZONE 12... KEITH PERKINS ...ZONE 16... CHASE DUNDY THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...ZONE 3... BROWN KEYA PAHA ROCK ...ZONE 6... LOGAN THOMAS ...ZONE 7... BLAINE CUSTER LOUP ...ZONE 12... LINCOLN ...ZONE 13... DAWSON ...ZONE 16... HAYES HITCHCOCK ...ZONE 17... FRONTIER FURNAS GOSPER HARLAN PHELPS RED WILLOW IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. POWERS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
NEZ010-015-IAZ009-012-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 830 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF NORFOLK AND COLUMBUS SOUTHWESTWARD TO EAST OF GRAND ISLAND. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...BUT THE LINE OF STORMS WAS SHIFTING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD. ONE THUNDERSTORM OVER SAUNDERS COUNTY...OR 40 MILES WEST OF OMAHA...HAD WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE OMAHA AREA AFTER 9 PM CDT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POSSIBLY DANGEROUS STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IFC A WARNING IS ISSUED. ANDERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NEZ010-019-020-IAZ009-012-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 845 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS MONDAY EVENING... AT 845 PM CDT ONLY BRIEF SHOWERS WERE JUST TO THE WEST OF OMAHA WITH THICK CLOUDS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN NOTED AROUND OMAHA AND OVER NEBRASKA TO THE SOUTH OF OMAHA OR OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA BUT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA 50 TO 125 MILES TO THE WEST OF OMAHA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THERE REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD. EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDING THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA AND WESTERN IOWA ARE STILL THREATENED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. POWERS
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, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 64 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.