Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 1998Hall County, Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1998, 6:51 PM CDT for Hall County, Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
May 4, 1998, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Grand Is, NE
May 4, 7:17 PM CDTHail 0.75Aurora, NE

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.