Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1989, 9:36 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1989, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1989, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, NE, Logan 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 2940 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.9
- Supercell composite
- 28.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 260236 RRA
TORLBF
NEC113-029-111-260315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
936 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST LOGAN...
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN CHASE...EASTERN LINCOLN...
AT (930 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES
WEST OF ARNOLD IN CUSTER COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS
28 MILES NORTHEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS IN EASTERNTLINCOLN COUNTY.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield | 27 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.