Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1999, 6:58 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 22, 1999, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1999, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Lincoln, NE | Small branches downed. |
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 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, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone | 47 min |
| May 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 50 min |
| May 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.