Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE

August 29, 1989Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1989, 6:11 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 29, 1989, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1989, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cherry 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 6:30 PM MDTTornado F0Cherry, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1989-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1929 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1989-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBFF 300011
SVRBFF
NEC031-300115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
711 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 6:37 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry38 min
Aug 29, 6:58 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry32 min
Aug 29, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry68 min
Aug 29, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry30 min
Aug 29, 8:50 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.