Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998

Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 1998Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1998, 8:02 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 24, 1998, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1998, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 8:06 PM CDTHail 2Medicine Lodge, KS
May 24, 9:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 75Medicine Lodge, KSRear Flank Downdraft caused extensive damage to roofs, trees, power lines and sheds.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1998-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1643 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 250102 RRA
TORDDC
KSC007-250150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
802 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT

* AT 801 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MEDICINE LODGE               BY 806 PM CDT
  SHARON                       BY 810 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A
BASEMENT.  IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOW~EST FLOOR POSSIBLE

JOHNSON/GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton47 min
May 24, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant35 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards36 min
May 24, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt46 min
May 24, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell46 min
May 24, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa47 min
May 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade35 min
May 24, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa32 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny49 min
May 24, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton51 min
May 24, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt46 min
May 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade35 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark46 min
May 24, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa51 min
May 24, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber47 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade46 min
May 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche63 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche34 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark63 min
May 24, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton48 min
May 24, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny50 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber61 min
May 24, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche50 min
May 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade33 min
May 24, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber49 min
May 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney63 min
May 24, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark65 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny49 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche64 min
May 24, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray51 min
May 24, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade48 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark33 min
May 24, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 25, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 25, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 25, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
May 25, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber63 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.