Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 8:12 PM CDT for Adams County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 13, 1998, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, NE, Webster County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Ayr, NE | |
| Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hastings, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WFUS1 KGRI 140115 RRA TORGRI NEC001-181-140200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 812 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NEBRASKA * UNTIL 900 PM * AT 806 PM ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...OR 6 MILES WEST OF BLADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BLADEN AT 815 PM AYR AT 825 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, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 42 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, 4 hours 3 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 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
ENDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Merrick | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 63 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.