Tornado Warning 26, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Aug 29, 1989, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1989, 9:15 PM MDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Cherry 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 VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
850 PM MDT TUE AUG 29 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EXTREME WESTERN CHERRY

AT 848 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MULLEN NEBRASKA IN EXTREME WEST CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.

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.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM...IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES.

AFTER THE THREAT OF THE TORNADO PASSES...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...cLOWLAND FLOODING AND
NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND WASHES SHOULD HAVE RUNNING WATER IN
EXTREME WEST CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

KARR

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
945 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 1989

AT 940 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA..AND APPROACHING GRANT AND HOOKER COUNTIES.

ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE NORTH OF ASHBY
WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 39 MILES TO THE EAST OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ^A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..AND GUSTY
WIND.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH INTO GRANT COUNTY BY
1010 PM CDT.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
SJC

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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.