Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- Apr 24, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1989, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne 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 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pierce, NE | |
| Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Stanton, NE | |
| Apr 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Madison, NE | |
| Apr 24, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Wayne, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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.
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, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 45 minutes 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, 3 hours 49 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, 2 hours 48 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
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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</html>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, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cuming | 27 min |
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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.