Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Omaha, NE

May 21, 1998Madison County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 5:23 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1998, 5:55 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 21, 5:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Norfolk, NEWindows broken
May 21, 5:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Norfolk, 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 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

Special weather statement, May 21, 5:05 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-221200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
505 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

SPOTTER ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS
SLIGHTLY HIGHER SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO TEKAMAH AND HARLAN
IOWA WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MORE UNSTABLE.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
>
A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO NORTHERN
KANSAS AND EASTERN WYOMING.  VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF THE
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED NORTH ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WHILE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK OVER THE AREA.

MILLER
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:05 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-221200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
505 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1998

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

SPOTTER ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS
SLIGHTLY HIGHER SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO TEKAMAH AND HARLAN
IOWA WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MORE UNSTABLE.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
>
A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO NORTHERN
KANSAS AND EASTERN WYOMING.  VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF THE
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED NORTH ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WHILE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACK OVER THE AREA.

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce, Stanton, Wayne49 min
May 21, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming65 min
May 21, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Thurston61 min
May 21, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPage64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.