Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 373
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 19, 1998, 6:00 PM MDT for 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1998, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker | 65 min |
| May 19, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 66 min |
| May 19, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| May 19, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 64 min |
| May 19, 8:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | McPherson | 64 min |
| May 19, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 67 min |
| May 19, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 61 min |
| May 19, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 66 min |
| May 19, 9:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 35 min |
| May 19, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 65 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Brown, Buffalo and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Gage and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Logan and 4 more | 7 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.