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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 1998Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1998, 9:02 PM CDT for Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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 23, 1998, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1998, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 9:05 PM CDTHail 1Mullinville, KS
May 23, 9:07 PM CDTHail 0.75Greensburg, KS

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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 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 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

789 
WFUS1 KDDC 240200 RRA
TORDDC
KSC025-097-240235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
902 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 935 PM CDT

* AT 900 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF CLARK STATE LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL RESIDENTS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY AND SOUTHERN
  KIOWA COUNTY

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

GERARD/CICCONE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman49 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
May 23, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards50 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord48 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 23, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord29 min
May 23, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
May 23, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche45 min
May 23, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber49 min
May 24, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane48 min
May 24, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott46 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott46 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego47 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush47 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 24, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess50 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt32 min
May 24, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford47 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.