Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1989, 8:46 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1989, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1989, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 250146
SVRLBF
NEC041-250215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
846 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHEAST CUSTER
AT 840 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WAS 5 MILES EAST OF SARGENT
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.What 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, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 540 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989 AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN WEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 330 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRYON NEBRASKA IN MCPHERSON COUNTY OF WEST NEBRASKA. THIS WOULD PLACE THE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. NORTH PLATTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. ALSO BE ALERT TO ANY FAST CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. THE THUNIDERSTORM WAS GENERATED BY SOME COOLER AIR MOVING INTO WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. MEYER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME OF THUNDERSTORM SIGHTING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 540 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989 AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN WEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 530 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRYON NEBRASKA IN MCPHERSON COUNTY OF WEST NEBRASKA. THIS WOULD PLACE THE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. NORTH PLATTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. ALSO BE ALERPT TO ANY FAST CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS GENERATED BY SOME COOLER AIR MOVING INTO WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. MEYER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 630 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH OF STAPLETON NEBRASKA IN NORTH LOGAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS WOULD PLACE THE THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH LOGAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO STRENGTHEN...SO PLEASE STAY ALERT TO ANY SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF NEEDED. MEYER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 740 PM CDT MON APR 24 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. AT 730 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA IN CUSTER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS STILL LINGERED IN EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY OR EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND SOME HAIL. MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cuming | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.