Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1998, 12:52 AM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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 20, 1998, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1998, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:20 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Giltner, NE | |
| May 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stockham, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 19, 2:07 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:07 PM CDT, 10 hours 45 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 48 min |
| May 19, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 50 min |
| May 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 47 min |
| May 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 46 min |
| May 19, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 61 min |
| May 19, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 61 min |
| May 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 47 min |
| May 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 50 min |
| May 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 46 min |
| May 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 47 min |
| May 20, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 53 min |
| May 20, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 49 min |
| May 20, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 43 min |
| May 20, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 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.