Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 25, 1989, 7:35 PM MDT (01:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 1989, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Chase 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
735 PM MDT SUN JUN 25 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      CHASE

AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 WEST OF
OCONTO OR 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN 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...OR5 PILLOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
620 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1989

AT 615 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED ON THE HITCHCOCK AND DUNDY
COUNTY LINE ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STRATTON.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND
MOVE EAST POSSIBLY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BREAKING OUT OVER SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR WITH HAYS...FRONTIER AND RED WILLOW
COUNTIES TO EXPERIENCE THE EARLY ONSLAUGHT.  NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS
ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD
MONITOR ANY DEVELOPMENT CLOSELY AS CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SOME
ROUGH WEATHER.

MONSON

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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.