Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 10:20 PM CDT for Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 5, 1998, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1998, 11:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, NE
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, Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093- IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-061200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 515 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... SPOTTER ACTION... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND EAST OF THIS BOUNDRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING MANILY EAST OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO NORFOLK TO OMAHA TO CLARINDA IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE NEW FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING WHICH IS ALREADY OCCURRING. FOBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093- IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-061200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 515 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... SPOTTER ACTION... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND EAST OF THIS BOUNDRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING MANILY EAST OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO NORFOLK TO OMAHA TO CLARINDA IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE NEW FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING WHICH IS ALREADY OCCURRING. FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox, Pierce | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Stanton | 79 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Colfax, Platte | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 61 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.