Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 1:44 PM CDT for Clay County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 18, 1998, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1998, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Kearney, MO | A storm spotter reported 70 MPH winds along I-29 a mile southwest of Kearney. |
| Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Liberty, MO | A HAM Radio operator reported power poles snapped in half in Liberty at the intersetion of I-35 and Highway 291. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.9
- Supercell composite
- 26.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMCI 181845 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC047-181945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
144 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 144 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...OR ABOUT 16
MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR SMITHVILLE AT 145 PM CDT
NEAR KEARNEY AT 200 PM CDT
6 MILES EAST OF HOLT AT 210 PM CDT
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 3:40 AM CDT, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:40 AM CDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 340 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 LTST STLT/88D RETURNS AND SFC OBS SHOW WAA -SHRA OVER ERN/SERN CWA AND WKNG SQLLN ENTERING XTRM NWRN MO ATTM. KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON SRN EDGE OF WRN CNVCTN...BUT AIRMASS APPARENTLY STILL CAPPED ENOUGH TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT FURTHER S. MDLS FAIRLY CONSISTENT THIS RUN...AND HAPPY TO SEE MDL SOLNS CONVERGE ON AVN SOLUTION FROM PAST FEW RUNS. CDFNT PROGD THROUGH KMKC JUST AFTER NOON TDY...AND THROUGH CWA BY 19/00Z. ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE NEED FOR FFA IN NW MO AS FFG VERY LOW...BUT MORE ACTIVITY BETWEEN SQLLN AND FROPA NOT GUARANTEED...SO MIGHT BE BEST TO APPROACH CASE BY CASE. TEMPS STILL QUITE WARM...WITH 08Z READINGS STILL AOA 80F NEARLY EVERYWHERE. SOME MIDLVL COOLING XPCTD AFT FROPA...BUT STILL WILL CONT TEMPS FROM PREV PKG DUE TO WARM START. AFT FROPA...MOISTURE QUICKLY BECOMES LACKING. PREV PKG HAS THIS WELL COV ERED...ALTHOUGH WL UP TEMPS FRI A TIDGE WITH GOOD W/SW FLOW AND M/SNY SKIES. SEE NO REASON TO MESS WITH XTNDD. JHV .EAX... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
117 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCAT|ION....
1256 PM WATHENA KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 DONIPHANLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
117 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCAT|ION....
1256 PM WATHENA KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 DONIPHANLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
133 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM ROSENDALE MO 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 ANDREWLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
133 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM ROSENDALE MO 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 ANDREWLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
136 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0132 PM BASEHOR KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 N
OF BASEHOR
0132 PM JARBALO KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH
0132 PM LEAVENWORTH KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED
BY EX NWS EMPLOYEE IN
LEAVENWORTHLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
136 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0132 PM BASEHOR KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 N
OF BASEHOR
0132 PM JARBALO KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH
0132 PM LEAVENWORTH KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 LEAVENWORTH 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED
BY EX NWS EMPLOYEE IN
LEAVENWORTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 96 min |
| Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 75 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 81 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.