Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 81 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
- Jun 18, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Henry County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Clinton, MO | Henry County Emergency Management officials reported power lines down in Windsor as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. The damaging thunderstorm winds also separated a trailor from a truck which obstructed traffic a mile south of Clinton. |
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 234 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 TIME FOR DISCUSSION LIMITED DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER. SQUALL LINE BISECTING CWA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN EASTERN HALF OF CWA INTO THE EARLY EVENING...SO WILL MENTION SCATTERED TSRA THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THUNDER THREAT WILL LIKELY BE OVER FOR THE NORTHWEST BY ZONE ISSUANCE TIME...BUT FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE WILL MENTION CHANCE POPS IN THESE AREAS AND CLEAN UP AS IMMEDIATE WARNING THREAT TAPERS OFF. WILL HIT ZONE WORDING HARD FOR SEVERE THREAT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CWA THIS EVENING...AS STORMS ARE PRODUCING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. FROPA WILL BRING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF COOLING FOR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AS WESTERLY COMPONENT OF WIND SHOULD HELP TO BRING IN SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR. LOTS OF SUNSHINE WILL HELP TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. WILL BUMP GOING FORECAST TEMPS A TAD. DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ETA SOLUTION OF SURFACE LOW DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTH CENTRAL KS BY SATURDAY LOOKS A LITTLE SUSPECT...AND FEEL NGM POSITION FURTHER NORTH LOOKS MORE REALISTIC. MOS GUIDANCE TEMPS NOT TOO BAD...BUT WILL TRIM BACK A TAD ON HIGHS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .EAX... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. HUDSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 313 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 CANCELLED FOR SECTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... IN KANSAS... ATCHISON AND DONIPHAN IN MISSOURI... HOLT...ATCHISON...NODAWAY...ANDREW...BUCHANAN... CLINTON...DE KALB...GENTRY AND WORTH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTZHEAST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO KANSAS CITY...UNTIL 7 PM CDT. HUDSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 313 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 CANCELLED FOR SECTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... IN KANSAS... ATCHISON AND DONIPHAN IN MISSOURI... HOLT...ATCHISON...NODAWAY...ANDREW...BUCHANAN... CLINTON...DE KALB...GENTRY AND WORTH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 604 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTZHEAST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO KANSAS CITY...UNTIL 7 PM CDT. HUDSON
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
346 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATLION....
0342 PM 10 W CARROLLTON MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 CARROLLLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
346 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATLION....
0342 PM 10 W CARROLLTON MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 CARROLLLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
348 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM LIBERTY MO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 CLAY POWER POLES SNAPPED I
35 AND RTE 291
0319 PM RICHMOND MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 RAY 3 INCH DIAMETE LIMBS
AND LINES DOWN
0320 PM LEES SUMMIT MO .75 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 JACKSON
0320 PM BELTON MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 CASS
0320 PM GREENWOOD MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 JACKSON
0320 PM BELTON MO 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 CASS
0322 PM LA CYGNE KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LINNLocal storm report, Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
348 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM LIBERTY MO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 CLAY POWER POLES SNAPPED I
35 AND RTE 291
0319 PM RICHMOND MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 RAY 3 INCH DIAMETE LIMBS
AND LINES DOWN
0320 PM LEES SUMMIT MO .75 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 JACKSON
0320 PM BELTON MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 CASS
0320 PM GREENWOOD MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 JACKSON
0320 PM BELTON MO 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 CASS
0322 PM LA CYGNE KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/18/98 LINNThe 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, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 61 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, 4:26 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 |
| Jun 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 81 min |
| Jun 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.