Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 1998, 4:08 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 4, 1998, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1998, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Aurora, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Oct 4, 3:27 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:27 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 327 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 ...MAIN CONCERNS INCLUDE POPS...AND THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT... CONVECTION RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS ERN 2/3 OF CWFA PAST HOUR...BUT SURFACE DRYLINE APPEARS TO BE PUSHING FAR ENOUGH INTO PHILLIPS AND ROOKS COUNTIES AND THEN NORTH INTO THE LEXINGTON/HOLDREGE AREAS THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE LOOKING LESS LIKELY TONIGHT. HOWEVER -20 H5 AIR SHOULD MOVE OVER TONIGHT...SO MAY KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE WEST. WILL COVER THIS EVENING WITH CURRENT ACTIVITY AND WORD APPROPRIATELY...THEN FOR OVERNIGHT WILL STILL KEEP CHANCE POPS WITH SUCH STEEP LAPSE RATES PROGGED. OTHERWISE GENERALLY WENT WITH AVN SOLUTION...WHICH SHOWS AN OVERALL DRY PATTERN FOR MONDAY BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT AND IN THE DRY SOUTHERN SECTOR WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER LOW. STILL RATHER CLOUDY AND A FEW INSTABILITY SHOWERS MAY BE FOUND~ WITH THE COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE...BUT OVERALL SYNOPTIC OMEGA VALUES INDICATE SUBSIDENCE. AFD DELAYED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. .GID...NONE. NIETFELD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1149 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SYNOPSIS.... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY...BRINGING A WARM FRONT NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL COME TOGETHER AS THIS OCCURS. DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER AND COOL TEMPERATURES...VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO RESULT IN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. THE STORMS SHOULD INITIALLY FORM NEAR INTERSTATE 70 AFTER 2 PM...THEN MOVE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 80 BY 4 PM AND THEN TRACK INTO THE ORD AND GREELEY AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE MORE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. DDN
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1149 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SYNOPSIS.... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY...BRINGING A WARM FRONT NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL COME TOGETHER AS THIS OCCURS. DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER AND COOL TEMPERATURES...VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO RESULT IN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. THE STORMS SHOULD INITIALLY FORM NEAR INTERSTATE 70 AFTER 2 PM...THEN MOVE NORTH OR NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 80 BY 4 PM AND THEN TRACK INTO THE ORD AND GREELEY AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE MORE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. DDN
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 220 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SYNOPSIS.... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY...BRINGING A WARM FRONT NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL COME TOGETHER AS THIS OCCURS. DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER AND COOL TEMPERATURES...VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO RESULT IN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EAST OF A LINE FROM OSBORNE KANSAS...TO KEARNEY...TO ORD. DDN
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 220 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SYNOPSIS.... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY...BRINGING A WARM FRONT NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL COME TOGETHER AS THIS OCCURS. DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER AND COOL TEMPERATURES...VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO RESULT IN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EAST OF A LINE FROM OSBORNE KANSAS...TO KEARNEY...TO ORD. DDN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 41 min |
| Oct 4, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 40 min |
| Oct 4, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Webster | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 62 min |
| Oct 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 67 min |
| Oct 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 54 min |
| Oct 4, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 66 min |
| Oct 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 63 min |
| Oct 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.