Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1989, 11:12 PM CDT for Thurston County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1989, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1989, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thurston 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 KSUX 250415
SVRSUX
NEC173-250515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1112 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
...THURSTON
AT 11O5 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR
60 MILES AN HOUR IN EASTERN STATON AND SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES OF
MEBRASKA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THURSTON COUNTY BY 1130 PM.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TANNERWhat 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, Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1033 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 1020 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 25 MILES EAST OF ONEIL NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS... SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. RESIDENTS OF DIXON, DAKOTA AND THURSTON COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA SHOULD WATCH WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPES. THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD ENTER THE ABOVE COUNTIES BY 1130 PM. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TANNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 56 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.