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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE

June 2, 1989Saline County, Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1989, 9:25 PM CDT for Saline County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1989, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Saline, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLNK 030225
TORLNK
NEC159-151-030300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
925 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN SEWARD...NORTHERN SALINE...THE CITY OF CRETE

AT 925 PM CDT RADAR AND CITIZEN REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO
ON THE GROUND 3 MILE SOUTH OF CRETE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LINCOLN.

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.

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.

WEST

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
745PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1989

...THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS NEAR COLUMBUS...

AT 740PM CDT NORFOLK WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO COLUMBUS.
SOME PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTENING WILL LIKELY ACCOMAPANY
THE STRONGER OF THE STORMS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS
UNTIL AROUND 815 PM CDT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
SMITH

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
745 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 377 ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS
BEEN CANCELED FOR A PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT IS
STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 377...

ZONE 8...CENTRAL
GARFIELD...GREELEY...VALLEY...WHEELER.

ZONE 13...CENTRAL
DAWSON.

ZONE 16...SOUTHWEST
CHASE...DUNDY...HAYES...HITCHCOCK.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 377 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES...

ZONE 14...CENTRAL
BUFFALO8...HALL...HAMILTON...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN.

ZONE 17...SOUTHWEST
FRONTIER...FURNAS...GOSPER...HARLAN...PHELPS...RED WILLOW.

ZONE 18...SOUTH CENTRAL
ADAMS...CLAY...FRANKLIN...KEARNEY...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER.

SEELEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	66 min
Jun 2, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson	58 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1989 Every tornado warning in 1989 Tornadoes in 1989

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.