Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1998, 5:04 PM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 8, 1998, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1998, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Phillipsburg, KS | |
| Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kirwin Res, KS | |
| Jun 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Phillipsburg, KS |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 230 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1998 MAIN CONCERN IS SHORT TERM CONVECTION. QUICKLY...SURFACE LOW MOVING/LOOKING MORE SO LIKE THE AVN TO ME. 15Z RUC NOT TOO BAD. SUNSHINE DESTABILIZED KANSAS ZONES QUICKLY AND MORE CONVECTION TRYING TO BUILD ALONG WAVE BACK TO MCK. OTHER ELEVATED CONVECTION MOVING NORTHEAST AT TIME. OVERALL MODEL DIFFERENCES LARGE IN LATER TERMS...BUT ETA/AVN DONE THE JOB THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. BELIEVE NGM NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRONTAL POSITION AT 48HRS. TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE WITH THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH AND...IF THE RUC VERIFIES LOW INTO EASTERN ZONES BY 00Z...THE THREAT MAY STILL BE WARRANTED THERE AS WELL. WILL TAPER FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT WILL LIMITED CLEARING. STRONG DOWNWARD MOTION MAY GO A LONG WAY TO CLEAR THINGS OUT BY MORNING. BELIEVE A BREAK IS IN STORE TUESDAY BEFORE STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT ON I310 LAYER AT 42HRS ON AVN/ETA TEAMS WILL UPPER SHORTWAVE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS BOTH THE ETA/AVN FORECAST 25 TO 45 KT LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD OVERNIGHT. H7-500 LAPSE RATES OF FORECAST TO 8 C/KM AT 48HRS. WILL LINGER PRECIPITATION INTO WEDNESDAY PER AVN POPS. GRI TB 052/075/058/078/058 +133 MORITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Nance | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 47 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.