Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 26, 1998Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1998, 10:30 PM CST for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Mar 26, 1998, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1998, 11:05 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1998-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 398 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1998-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-288 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 270430 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC187-270505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1030 PM CST THU MAR 26 1998

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 1105 PM CST

* SOME LOCATIONS EFFECTED INCLUDE:
   BIG BOW BY 1040 PM CST

* AT 1028 PM CST... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG BOW OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF JOHNSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...EXPECT WINDS
OF 75 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY.  YOU SHOULD NEVER TRY
TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

JOHNSON/REITER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton14 min
Mar 26, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny31 min
Mar 26, 10:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott64 min
Mar 26, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.