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Tornado Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 1989Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1989, 8:41 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 1989, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 1989, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Custer 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 260141
TORLBF
NEC041-260215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
841 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1989

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

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      CUSTER

AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 WEST
OCONTO OR 40 MILES EAST NORTH EAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
MOVING NORTEAST 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...OR PILLOWS.>

 OPTIONAL CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	26 min
Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes	31 min
Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase	25 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	25 min
Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	34 min
Jun 25, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Rock	44 min
Jun 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase	39 min
Jun 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan	39 min
Jun 25, 9:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Lincoln	55 min
Jun 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Custer	29 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield, Loup	32 min
Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	47 min
Jun 26, 1:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Garfield	27 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.