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Tornado Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 1989Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1989-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2940 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1989-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln26 min
Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes31 min
Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln33 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase25 min
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster34 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes, Lincoln34 min
Jun 25, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock44 min
Jun 25, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase39 min
Jun 25, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln55 min
Jun 25, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster29 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield, Loup32 min
Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt47 min
Jun 26, 1:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield27 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.