Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 16, 1998Kimball County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 10:35 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 16, 1998, 10:35 PM MDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 11:05 PM MDT
In force
30 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 04:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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.

677 
WUUS1 KCYS 170436 RRA
SVRCYS
NEC105-170505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1035 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

* UNTIL 1105 PM MDT

* AT 1033 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIMBALL ... MOVING NORTH
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DIX AT 1100 PM MDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

PAL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne32 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.