Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1998, 6:17 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- May 26, 1998, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1998, 7:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kimball County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678 WUUS1 KCYS 270020 RRA SVRCYS NEC105-270105- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 617 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND EASTERN KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE * UNTIL 705 PM MDT * AT 615 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BUSHNELL TO THE COLORADO BORDER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUSHNELL NOW KIMBALL AT 630 PM GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. WEILAND
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, May 26, 5:44 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ001-019>021-054-055-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 544 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AS OF 537 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING...TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. AT THAT TIME...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE AND FROM JUST NORTH OF CARPENTER TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PINE BLUFFS. ALL OF THE STORMS IN THE AREA WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN LARAMIE COUNTY HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 525 PM...A WIND GUST OF 45 MPH OCCURRED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARPENTER. < SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND LUSK TO NEAR PINE BLUFFS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 6 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...SO ANY STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND EVEN A TORNADO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. IF A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS FOR SAFETY. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:44 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ001-019>021-054-055-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 544 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AS OF 537 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING...TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. AT THAT TIME...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE AND FROM JUST NORTH OF CARPENTER TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PINE BLUFFS. ALL OF THE STORMS IN THE AREA WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN LARAMIE COUNTY HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 525 PM...A WIND GUST OF 45 MPH OCCURRED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARPENTER. < SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND LUSK TO NEAR PINE BLUFFS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY 6 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM...SO ANY STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND EVEN A TORNADO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. IF A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS FOR SAFETY. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:08 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ001-019>021-054-055-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 608 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON TO FAR WEST KIMBALL COUNTY IN NEBRASKA AT 6 PM. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL AFFECT KIMBALL AROUND 650 PM...LUSK AROUND 640 PM...TORRINGTON AT 7 PM AND YODER AT 630 PM. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE AND EVEN PRODUCE A TORNADO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. IF A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS FOR SAFETY. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:08 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
WYZ064>070-NEZ001-019>021-054-055-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 608 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON TO FAR WEST KIMBALL COUNTY IN NEBRASKA AT 6 PM. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL AFFECT KIMBALL AROUND 650 PM...LUSK AROUND 640 PM...TORRINGTON AT 7 PM AND YODER AT 630 PM. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TORRINGTON MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE AND EVEN PRODUCE A TORNADO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. IF A STORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS FOR SAFETY. WCJIN-WYNE-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:14 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
WYZ064>070-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 614 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... PLATTE COUNTY AND CONVERSE SOUNTY IN WYOMING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST PART OF LARAMIE COUNTY...PLATTE COUNTY AND CONVERSE COUNTY...ALL IN EASTERN WYOMING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THAT AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE CITIES OF CHEYENNE...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GLENDO AND DOUGLAS. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WEST PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:14 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
WYZ064>070-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 614 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... PLATTE COUNTY AND CONVERSE SOUNTY IN WYOMING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST PART OF LARAMIE COUNTY...PLATTE COUNTY AND CONVERSE COUNTY...ALL IN EASTERN WYOMING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THAT AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE CITIES OF CHEYENNE...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GLENDO AND DOUGLAS. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WEST PART OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM. WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE- WEILAND
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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.