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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Hastings, NE

May 21, 1998Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT for Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
May 21, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 21, 11:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Harvard, 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 21, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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 21, 2:40 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:40 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 21, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-220305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
901 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED...

THE NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 387 ISSUED
EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE WATCH INCLUDED
ROOKS...PHILLIPS...SMITH AND OSBORNE COUNTIES.  NO SEVERE WEATHER
WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT 9 PM.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 392 REPLACED NUMBER 387 AND. IS IN EFFECT FOR A
LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM.

SCHURR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhelps38 min
May 21, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper33 min
May 21, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper28 min
May 21, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney50 min
May 21, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Phelps31 min
May 21, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney, Phelps30 min
May 21, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Kearney29 min
May 21, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhelps29 min
May 21, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney28 min
May 21, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney33 min
May 21, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Kearney31 min
May 21, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall43 min
May 21, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York37 min
May 21, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper45 min
May 21, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams43 min
May 21, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick43 min
May 21, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo43 min
May 21, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper, Phelps43 min
May 21, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York39 min
May 21, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo35 min
May 21, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton46 min
May 21, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney, Phelps48 min
May 22, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, York49 min
May 22, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore33 min
May 22, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster47 min
May 22, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer29 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.