Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 9:49 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1998, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Linn County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | La Cygne, KS | Storm spotters reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH 2 miles west of La Cygne. |
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 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 200251 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC107-200330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
949 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 949 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE KS...OR ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTH OF PAOLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR CENTERVILLE AT 955 PM
NEAR GOODRICH AT 955 PM
NEAR MOUND CITY AT 1015 PM
NEAR BOICOURT AT 1015 PM
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFE>TY...IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT...OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3817 9516 3804 9499 3806 9466 3832 9461
3840 9480What 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 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 224 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH 3RD PERIOD. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN KANSAS MAKING ITS MOVE NORTHWARD. HAVE SOME CONCERN REGARDING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH SURFACE HEATING ALONG BOUNDARY...AS SATELLITE IMAGERY ALREADY SHOWING SOME CU FORMING ALONG AND BEHIND FRONT. DESPITE STRONG WARM AIR AND THETA-E ADVECTION TONIGHT...LACK OF ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL LEAVE OUT OF FORECAST AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THIS WILL DEFINATELY HAVE TO MONITORED. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO BOUNDARY AND SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM WEST AND NORTHWEST. GOING FORECAST HAS THIS COVERED WELL...SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO POPS. WARM MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAY INITIALLY BE A PROBLEM FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER BOTH ETA AND NGM HINT AT H7 THERMAL TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT MAINLY AFTER 00Z SUNDAY. AGREE WITH NCEP DISCUSSIONS...WHICH STALLS BOUNDARY OVER AREA AND ROTATES SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES OVER IT INTO EXTENDED PERIOD. NOCTURNAL MCS DEVELOPMENT APPEARS POSSIBLE...AND AS A RESULT WILL INSERT CHANCE FOR TSRA FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FWC/FAN GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE IN BALLPARK...SO WILL NOT STRAY FAR. .EAX... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. MJM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
850 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM LONE TREE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 CASSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
850 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM LONE TREE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 CASSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM LONE TREE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 CASSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM LONE TREE MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 CASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.