Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1996, 7:58 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 15, 1996, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Stratton, 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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jul 15, 7:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 645 PM MDT (750 PM CDT) MON JUL 15 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT (MIDNIGHT MDT) FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEAN TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBL<E. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLER. JENNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.