Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1989, 8:19 PM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 23, 1989, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1989, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, NE, Harlan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Franklin, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 240119
TORGRI
NEC061-083-240145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
819 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEAST HARLAN
AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN REPUBLICAN
CITY AND NAPONEE MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN... TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION SUCH
AS A DITCH OR CULVERT.
JMK
+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, Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 555 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1989 AT 550 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN FURNAS COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE AND APPEARED TO BE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. JMK4
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.