Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Omaha, NE

May 4, 1998Stanton County, Wayne County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1998, 5:13 PM CDT for Stanton County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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 4, 1998, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1998, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stanton County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTHail 0.88Stanton, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.