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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1989, 2:58 PM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1989, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1989, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gage 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLNK 271958
TORLNK
NEC067-272030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
258 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN GAGE
AT 255 PM CDT PUBLIC HAS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
BARNESTON NE...58 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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.
DAVISWhat 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, Aug 27, 10:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 1030 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 1025 AM CDT RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF VERY INTENS
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1115 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE ...EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND CONTAIN AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... ALONG WITH POSSIBLE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 30 TO 40 MPH WIND GUSTS. PEOPLE IN DODGE...SAUNDERS...SARPY...CASS...OTOE...NEMAHA AND RICHARDSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH NOON. AT THE CURRENT SPEED THEC STORMS WILL BE IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 1230 PM CDT. GW
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 1130 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 1125 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED UP INTO BUTLER COUNTY. THEY COVER THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND THROUGH SEWARD COUNTY INTO THE WEST PART OF LANCASTER COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND IN LOW AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE STORMS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS POSSIBL\E. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BUTLER SEWARD AND LANCASTER COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...UNTIL 1230 TO 130 PM CDT. BIRDSALL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1205 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA... THE LEADING EDGE OF A SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF FALLS CITY ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA TO 15 MILES EAST OF NORFOLK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN THE LAST HOUR BUT STILL CONTAIN SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN BURT...DODGE...WASHINGTON...SAUNDERS...DOUGLAS...SARPY...CASS AND OTOE COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS... FREMONT AND PAGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 100 PM CDT. GW
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 130 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 125 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT WAS LOCATED JUST EAST NORTHEAST OF FAIRBURY OR 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD DROP HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON AND NORTHWEST GAGE COUNTIES AS IT MOVES THROUGH THOSE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THIS STORM COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY BY AROUND 2 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN THIS STORM COULD DROP MARBLE SIZE OR LARGER HAIL AND PRODUCE HIGH WINDS. SOME LOWLAND FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY. BIRDSALL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:32 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 230 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 225 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN JEFFERSON AND GAGE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 205 PM FROM ONE OF THSES THUNDERSTORMS 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE THAT TIME BUT STILL MAY CONTAIN HEAVGY RAIN AND MARBLE OR POSSIBLY LARGER HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS GAGE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT. BIRDSALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 41 min |
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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.