Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1989, 7:30 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 1989, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1989, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 3519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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 KBFF 150130
SVRBFF
NEC105-033-150230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
730 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN KIMBALL...WESTERN CHEYENNE
AT 728PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL...
OR 30 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.
PFEIFFERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 14, 2:24 PM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 216 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. AT 2 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE. ANOTHER AREA WAS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. DLANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. CGB
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 250 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE. AT 245 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF CHUGWATER. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORVMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. CGB
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 415 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989 AT 413 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ENTERING THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE FROM WYOMING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...SOUTH OF STEGALL...AND 23 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF ON THE STATELINE...SOUTHWEST OF STEGALL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS ACROSS SCOTTS BLUFF AND NORTHERN BANNER COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 530 PM MDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH OF CHADRON NEBRASKA...NEAR HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY ENTER DAWES AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES AROUND 6PM MDT. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 527 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989 AT 525 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SCOTTS BLUFF..BANNER..AND KIMBALL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS ACROSS SCOTTS BLUFF..BANNER..AND KIMBALL COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 715 PM MDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES IN T#HE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MILES AN HOUR. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 610 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989 AT 608 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHADRON IN DAWES COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF IN SIOUX COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WITH OTHERS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO ALMOST 40 MILES SOUTTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEAR KIMBALL. THESE STORMS SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE NEBJRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 915PM MDT. PFEIFFER
Local storm report, Aug 14, 7:11 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
710 PM MDT MON AUG 14 1989
SELS MKC OMA A BFF
STORM REPORTS RECEIVED 8/14/89
TIME EVENT
646 PM MDT PEA-SIZED HAIL...TONS OF IT WITH MODERATE RAIN...AT CHADRON
STATE PARK...12 SOUTH OF CHADRON NEBRASKA...DAWES COUNTY
PFEIFFERNearby
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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.