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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE

August 27, 1989Gage County, Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

 DAVIS

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPawnee25 min
Aug 27, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson41 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.