Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1989, 9:05 PM CDT for Adams County, Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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
- May 22, 1989, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Nuckolls 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Adams, NE | |
| May 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Nuckolls, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 3545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 37 min |
| May 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.