Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 7:10 PM MST for Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 1998, 7:10 PM MST (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 7:50 PM MST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banner County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Mar 28, 5:55 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NEZ003-021-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 555 PM MST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MORRILL COUNTY... AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MORRILL COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT. THE INTENSE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY BY 610 PM AND THEN MOVE TOWARDS NORTHEAST BOX BUTTE COUNTY. THE INTENSE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE JUST TO THE WEST OF ALLIANCE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST MORRILL COUNTY AS WELL AS BOX BUTTE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORM. TAKE APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:55 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NEZ003-021-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 555 PM MST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MORRILL COUNTY... AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHEYENNE INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MORRILL COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT. THE INTENSE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL BOX BUTTE COUNTY BY 610 PM AND THEN MOVE TOWARDS NORTHEAST BOX BUTTE COUNTY. THE INTENSE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE JUST TO THE WEST OF ALLIANCE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST MORRILL COUNTY AS WELL AS BOX BUTTE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORM. TAKE APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:16 PM MST, 54 minutes before
WYZ068-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 616 PM MST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY... SINCE 550 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. AT THAT TIME THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS TWO MILES EAST OF YODER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT WILL MOVE THROUGH TORRINGTON AROUND 635 PM. AT 602 PM...PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YODER. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE THUNDERSTORM. IF THE STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. WCJIN-WYSE WEILAND
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:18 PM MST, 52 minutes before
WYZ068-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 618 PM MST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY... SINCE 550 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY. AT THAT TIME THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS TWO MILES EAST OF YODER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT WILL MOVE THROUGH TORRINGTON AROUND 635 PM. AT 602 PM...PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YODER. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE THUNDERSTORM. IF THE STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. WCJIN-WYSE WEILAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 7:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 8:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.