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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 1998Buffalo County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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 19, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1998, 12:25 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 11:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Amherst, NE
May 20, 12:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51Kearney, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1998-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1851 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1998-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

115 
WUUS1 KGRI 200427 RRA
SVRGRI

NEC019-163-175-200525-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1124 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN...
  BUFFALO IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SHERMAN IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  VALLEY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1225 AM CDT

* AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM A LINE WAS LOCATED 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  KEARNEY TO 20 WEST OF KEARNEY... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH .

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL EFFECT ORD..LOUP CITY AND KEARNEY.

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

PURDY

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 May 19, 2:07 PM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:07 PM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
205 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1998

THE HASTINGS STAFF IS INVOLVED IN ON-STATION TRAINING TODAY AND NO
DETAILED FORECAST DISCUSSION IS AVAILABLE VIA THIS PRODUCT.

PLEASE REFERENCE OMASFDOMA AND TOPAFDTOP FOR FORECAST INFORMATION
REGARDING SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THANK YOU.

BREWSTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard48 min
May 19, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward50 min
May 19, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson47 min
May 19, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward46 min
May 19, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley61 min
May 19, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley47 min
May 19, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward50 min
May 20, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall46 min
May 20, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance47 min
May 20, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams53 min
May 20, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton53 min
May 20, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay49 min
May 20, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall43 min
May 20, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.