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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Hastings, NE

May 21, 1998Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 8:06 AM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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 21, 1998, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 1998, 9:10 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Dawson County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 9:04 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Lexington, NE
May 21, 9:14 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Overton, 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.

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 21, 2:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	46 min
May 21, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	65 min
May 21, 8:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	60 min
May 21, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Gosper	60 min
May 21, 9:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	63 min
May 21, 9:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	33 min
May 21, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	48 min
May 21, 10:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	63 min
May 21, 11:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	32 min
May 21, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	58 min
May 21, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	32 min
May 21, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	65 min
May 21, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	63 min
May 21, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, York	61 min
May 21, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1998 Every 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.