Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1989, 6:50 PM CDT for Hall County, Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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
- Jul 14, 1989, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1989, 7:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hall, NE | |
| Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hall, NE | |
| Jul 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hall, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 3605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 KGRI 142350 RRA
TORGRI
NEC079-081-150015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
650 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN HALL...WESTERN HAMILTON
AT 700 PM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR SOUTHERN EDGE OF
GRAND ISLAND MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR BELOW GROUND. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFO RCED
BUILDING.The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Howard, Sherman | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 69 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.