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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS North Platte, NE

July 17, 1989Frontier County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1989, 9:04 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 17, 1989, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Frontier 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
Jul 17, 9:15 PM CDT	Hail 4	Frontier, NE
Jul 17, 9:15 PM CDT	Hail 4	Frontier, NE
Jul 17, 10:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Frontier, NE
Jul 17, 10:05 PM CDT	Hail 4	Frontier, 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 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, Jul 17, 4:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
410 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1989

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
APPROACHING SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 400 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRYON
NEBRASKA OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A SECOND INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA OR
45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PROBABLY PRODUCING SOME HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

SHORTLY BEFORE 400 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
10 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR NEBRASKA.  A SPOTTER WAS SENT TO THE AREA
AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

HOWEVER...IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NEAR ANY OF THE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MEYER

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	60 min
Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	66 min
Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	58 min
Jul 17, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Red Willow	57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1989 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.