Tornado Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Aug 24, 1989, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 1989, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County 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
708 PM CDT THU AUG 24 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN LINCOLN

AT 700 PM CDT REPORT FROM THE HAYS CENTER SHERIFF OF A FUNNEL
WEST OF WELLFLEET NEBRASKA OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE
MOVG EAST AT 15 MILE PER HOUR.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...FIND SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT IF
ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
440 PM CDT THU AUG 24 1989

AT 440 PM CDT SOME VERY STRONG STORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA JUST EAST OF IMPERIAL.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVVY AS
THEY MOVE NORTH OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

ALSO SOME VERY STRONG STORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
KANSAS AND WILL BE MOVINGI INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BETWEEN
6 AND 8PM CDT.

RC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT THU AUG 24 1989

AT 610 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINED IN
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH DICKENS
NEBRASKA  WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.   STRONG WINDS HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST OVER
LINCOLN COUNTY BETWEEN 630 AND 830 PM CDT.

RC

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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.