Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 9:43 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1992, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seward County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 KOMA 160242 TORLNK NEC159-160300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE ISSUED BY OMAHA NE 943 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR THE SALINE SEWARD COUNTY LINE SOUTHWEST OF MILFORD. THIS STORM IS MOVINGN EAST AND IS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE TOWN OF MILFORD. THIS IS AOUBT 30 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN NE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.
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, Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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 46 minutes 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 14 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, 49 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
NEZ002-003-006-007-012-013-016-017-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FURTHER CLEARING IN TORNADO WATCH 362 IN NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 930 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 6... LOGAN THOMAS ...ZONE 12... LINCOLN ...ZONE 16... HAYES HITCHCOCK ...ZONE 17... FRONTIER RED WILLOW THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...ZONE 3... BROWN KEYA PAHA ROCK ...ZONE 7... BLAINE CUSTER LOUP ...ZONE 13... DAWSON ...ZONE 17... FURNAS GOSPER HARLAN PHELPS I IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. 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, 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 | 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.