Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1989, 5:06 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 25, 1989, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1989, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrill County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 5:13 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Morrill, NE | |
| Jun 25, 5:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Morrill, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 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 252306
TORBFF
NEC123-252345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
506 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
NORTHERN MORRILL
AT 5 03PM MDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 20 MILES EAST OF
SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING
EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT.
TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...
LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS
NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.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 25, 1:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 150 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 1989 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 145 PM. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WITH ANOTHER STRONG CELL NEAR CHUGWATER...OR SOME 45 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:15 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 412 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5PM MDT FOR SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY... AT 4 10 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WAS LOCATED OVER THE CITIES OF SCOTTSBLUFF AND GERING MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GERING...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AIRPORT...WIH HALF-INCH HAIL BEING REPORTED IN THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...NORTH OF HARRISON IN SIOUX COUNTY AND ALONG THE NEBRASKA-SOUTH DAKOTA STATiE LINE. PFEIFFER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 68 min |
| Jun 25, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 31 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
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.