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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 1998Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1998, 9:57 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 1998, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

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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 22, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 8:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 8:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 9:12 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 9:51 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
851 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998

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

0716 PM    BENKELMAN                 NE   1 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   DUNDY

0735 PM    ST FRANCIS                KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/22/98   CHEYENNE

0740 PM    15 SE ST FRANCIS          KS   TORNADO
05/22/98   CHEYENNE                       ON GUST FRONT

0750 PM    17 NNE GOODLAND ARPT      KS   TORNADO
05/22/98   CHEYENNE                       SECOND TORNADO FROM THIS
                                          STORM

0754 PM    10 E BURLINGTON           CO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/22/98   KIT CARSON

0756 PM    3 S MC DONALD             KS   TORNADO
05/22/98   RAWLINS                        SPOTTER REPORT

0757 PM    10 E BURLINGTON           CO   TORNADO
05/22/98   KIT CARSON                     DISSIPATED AT 803 PM MDT

0805 PM    7 NW ATWOOD               KS   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   RAWLINS                        HAIL ENDED 810 MDT

0807 PM    10 S MC DONALD            KS   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   RAWLINS

0815 PM    7 SW ATWOOD               KS   1 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   RAWLINS

0820 PM    2 S ATWOOD                KS   1 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   RAWLINS

0823 PM    BENKELMAN                 NE   FLOODING
05/22/98   DUNDY                          SEVERE FLOODING OF
                                          BASEMENTS. 3 TO 4 FT OF
                                          WATER ON STREETS.

0840 PM    8 N COLBY                 KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   THOMAS

0841 PM    4 N COLBY                 KS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/22/98   THOMAS                         ALSO WALL CLOUD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	65 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	31 min
May 22, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	65 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	49 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	65 min
May 22, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	48 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	63 min
May 22, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	78 min
May 22, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	77 min
May 22, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	79 min
May 22, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	49 min
May 22, 10:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham	51 min
May 22, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	47 min
May 22, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	45 min
May 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	33 min
May 23, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	76 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	67 min
May 22, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Yuma	46 min
May 22, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	49 min
May 22, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	62 min
May 22, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	4 hr
May 22, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	32 min
May 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	50 min
May 22, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.