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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Hastings, NE

June 13, 1998Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 5:16 PM CDT for Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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: Jun 13, 1998, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1998, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Webster County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Red Cloud, NE
Jun 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Guide Rock, NE
Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Hail 4.5	Red Cloud, 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

016 
WFUS1 KGRI 132220 RRA
TORGRI
NEC181-132245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
516 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 545 PM 

* AT 510 PM...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A          
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...OR 8 MILES   
  SOUTHWEST OF INAVALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  INAVALE AT 525 PM 
  RED CLOUD AT 530 PM 
  COWLES AT 540 PM 
  
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT
AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HASTINGS
NE.

DEG

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 Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
130 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

...MAIN CONCERN...OF COURSE...IS SVR WX THREAT TONIGHT...THEN DEALING
WITH WINDY/SHOWERY WX SUN INTO MON W/ ANOTHER STRONG IMPULSE FORECAST
TO DIVE THIS WAY IN NW FLOW...

12Z UAA POINTS TO A RATHER STRONG SYS MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES. H25
JET WINDS COMING AROUND BASE OF UPPER LO TOP OUT AT 125 KTS WITH 75
KT H5 JET AS WELL. DECENT HGHT FALLS HAVE DEVELOPED W/ SYS W/ 80 GPM
FALLS IN WRN CO. WV IMAGERY AS OF 17Z STILL SHOW A WELL DEFINED SPIN
MOVING THRU WRN CO. AZTEC NM PROFILER SHOWING STRONG WINDS PROGRESSING
EAST W/ 65KTS AT H5 AND 115 IN THE H25/H2 LAYER. MEANWHILE...H85 ANAL
HAD LO PRES IN WY WITH FRONT EXTENDING SE INTO CNTRL KS AND AR. ADEQT
MOISTURE FOR SVR STORMS EXISTS FROM CNTRL KS ON SOUTH. INCREASING LLJ
CONTS TO PUSH THIS INTO NEB AS WELL.

AT THE SFC...LOW PRES...AS ADVERTISED...WAS DEEPENING RAPIDLY INVOF
DNR. ADAP SHOWS PRES FALL BULLSEYE IN SW NEB SUPPORTING A TRACK ACROSS
SRN NEB TONIGHT. WARM FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM NE CO/NW KS ESE THRU CNTRL
KS AROUND GBD AND DOWN TO MO/AR BORDER. DWPTS VERY JUICY SOUTH OF FRONT
W/ MID 70S DWPTS JUST STARTING TO CROSS SRN KS BORDER. MID 60S READINGS
INTO CNTRL KS AS OF 17Z. GOOD DRY PUNCH ALSO EVIDENT THRU SW KS INTO TX
PNHDL W/ WSW WINDS AND DWPTS IN THE 40S.

ENOUGH SAID...AS UPPER SYS RACES EAST OUT OF CO AND WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTH TO ABOUT NEB/KS BORDER...PLENTY OF SVR WX WILL BE AROUND TONIGHT
...ESP THRU MIDNIGHT. AFT COORD W/ OMA WILL INCLUDE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IN ERN PARTS OF CWA WHERE GROUND REMAINS PRETTY SATURATED FROM RECENT
RAINS...AND BEST CHC OF WIDESPREAD MOD/HEAVY RAIN EXISTS AS SVR WX
ORGANIZES INTO AN MCS.

EVEN THO PATTERN IS RELATIVELY ACTIVE THRU MON...IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHT
FORWARD. AS THIS CURRENT SYS WINDS UP IN IA...NW FLOW WILL INCREASE IN
RESPONSE TO TIGHTENING GRADIENT. ANOTHER STRONG IMPULSE PROGGED TO DIVE
INTO AREA IN NW FLOW LATE TOMR / TOMR NIGHT. WHILE SVR WX POTENTIAL IS
IN QUESTION...SHRA/TSRA CHCS ARE NOT.

W/ FAN/FWC BOTH HOLDING ONTO POPS INTO MON...SCT POPS WILL LIKELY TO
NEEDED AT LEAST TO COVER AM HRS AS SYS PROGRESSES EAST OUT OF AREA BY
AFTN.

WILL FOCUS POPS OVER NE PARTS OF CWA SUN THRU MON AND TAPER OFF CHCS
FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST AWAY FROM STRONGEST ENERGY AND MOST ABUNDANT
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE.

IT WILL FEEL RELATIVELY COOL SUN/MON AS NW WINDS OF 20/30 MPH BOTH
DAYS COUPLE W/ READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. KS AREA WILL LIKELY
TO A FAIR AMT WARMER AS COOLER AIR SHOULD REMAIN TO AREAS WEST OF IA
LOW AS IT WRAPS UP AND EDGES EAST.

GRI NN 058/074/052/075/55 744

GURNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
409 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    2E PHILLIPSBURG           KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   PHILLIPS

END

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
409 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    2E PHILLIPSBURG           KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   PHILLIPS

END

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:42 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
442 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0439 PM    15 N ATHOL                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   SMITH

END

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:42 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
442 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0439 PM    15 N ATHOL                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   SMITH

END

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
454 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    7 S FRANKLIN              NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   FRANKLIN

END

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HASTINGS NE
454 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    7 S FRANKLIN              NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   FRANKLIN

END

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	41 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin	49 min
Jun 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	40 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	49 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Gosper	41 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	46 min
Jun 13, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	44 min
Jun 13, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Webster	31 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson, Phelps	38 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	50 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams	29 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	37 min
Jun 13, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	48 min
Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	43 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	30 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.