Tornado Warning 20, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 28, 1989, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 1989, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
416 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHWEST FRONTIER...EXTREME SOUTHERN LINCOLN

AT 410 PM CDT A SPOTTER HAS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH
OF MAYWOOD, NE MOVING NNE...SPEED UNKNOWN.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

REPORTS OF TORNADOS OR TORNADO DAMAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 HORN 2115ZSUER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
120 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1989

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CUSTER COUNTY HAD EXPIRED AS OF 115
PM CDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ROLL ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 120 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY
OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA EXTENDING EAST TO THE COUNTY LINE.

AT 1227 PM CDT A NEBRASKA STATE TROOPER CALLED IN A POSSIBLE TORNADO
EAST OF SARGENT NEBRASKA.  NO DAMAGE FROM THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD
BEEN REPORTED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS OF THIS TIME.  THE STORM
THAT PRODUCED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD MOVED OUT OF CUSTER COUNTY AS
OF 120 PM CDT.

AT 1242 PM CDT SARGENT NEBRASKA DID REPORT 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WIND
A3LONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND HAEVY RAIN.  SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED
DOWN.

IF YOU LIVE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...KEEP ALERT TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

MEYER

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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.