Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1998, 5:45 PM MDT for Morrill County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 28, 1998, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1998, 6:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrill County, NE
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 3051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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, May 28, 4:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
WYZ068-NEZ019-020-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 439 PM MDT THU MAY 28 1998 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY... AT 432 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LA GRANGE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT 415 PM...12 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HAWK SPRINGS IN GOSHEN COUNTY. ANOTHER WEAKER STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY...ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STONGER STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE CURRENT MOVMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY AND WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WCJIN-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
WYZ068-NEZ019-020-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 439 PM MDT THU MAY 28 1998 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY... AT 432 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LA GRANGE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT 415 PM...12 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HAWK SPRINGS IN GOSHEN COUNTY. ANOTHER WEAKER STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY...ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STONGER STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE CURRENT MOVMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY AND WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WCJIN-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:04 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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WYZ068>070-NEZ001-003-019-020-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 504 PM MDT THU MAY 28 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA PANANDLE AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AT 500 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE EXTENDED FROM 6 MILES WEST OF GERING TO 20 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE. ALL OF THE STORMS IN THAT LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF GERING. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT THEIR CURRENT MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE GERING AND SCOTTS BLUFF AREA BY 515 PM. BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INTO A BUILDING OR SAFE AREA UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. WCJIN-WYSE- WEILAND
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:35 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.