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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

June 7, 19894 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1989, 5:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 7, 1989, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDTHail 1.5Hamilton, 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams28 min
Jun 7, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster58 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall59 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall29 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.