Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 21, 1998, 11:17 PM CDT for Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Holdrege, NE | |
| May 22, 12:07 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Funk, 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 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRI 220417 RRA TORGRI NEC073-137-220500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1117 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1200 AM CDT * AT 1115 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ELWOOD...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SMITHFIELD NOW BERTRAND BETWEEN 1115 AND 1130 PM LOOMIS AROUND 1145 HOLDREGE CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! JAB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 21, 2:40 PM CDT, 8 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:40 PM CDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 240 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1998 ...MAIN FOCUS WILL BE PERIODS OF CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... THIS MORNINGS 12Z RUNS SHOWING SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ETA AND NGM. BOTH SHOW TROF INCR NEG TILT WITH TIME INTO THE REGION WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE CONVECTION ACROSS THE HSI CWA. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL AFFECT OUR CWA ALLOWING FOR A CHANCE OF PCPN THRU THE ENTIRE FCST PERIODS. ONCE AGAIN THE NGM SEEMS TOO FAR NORTH WITH SURFACE FEATURES. WITH NGM SHOWING ITS TYPICAL BIASES AGAIN...ETA SEEMS TO BE MODEL OF CHOICE. T-SEC SHOWING STRONG UVV BOTH LATE TONITE & SAT MORNING...THEREFORE HIGHER POPS DURING THESE PERIODS ARE PROBABLY WARRANTED. WINDS LOOK TO REMAIN FOR THE MOST OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST 10-20 THRU SAT. GRI CC 058/085/057/078 535 HEB CC 060/084/057/077 535 ODX CC 058/082/056/075 535 LXN CC 060/085/055/077 634 BEL CC 062/087/059/080 646 DEE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 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
Special weather statement, May 21, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phelps | 38 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 33 min |
| May 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper | 28 min |
| May 21, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Phelps | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney, Phelps | 30 min |
| May 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 29 min |
| May 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phelps | 29 min |
| May 21, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 28 min |
| May 21, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 33 min |
| May 21, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 31 min |
| May 21, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 43 min |
| May 21, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 37 min |
| May 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper | 45 min |
| May 21, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 43 min |
| May 21, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 43 min |
| May 21, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 43 min |
| May 21, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 39 min |
| May 21, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 36 min |
| May 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 35 min |
| May 21, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 21, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney, Phelps | 48 min |
| May 22, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, York | 49 min |
| May 22, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 33 min |
| May 22, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster | 47 min |
| May 22, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 29 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.