Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 1:07 AM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 22, 1998, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bucyrus, KS | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down 8 inch diameter tree limbs in Bucyras. |
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 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMCI 220608 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC091-121-220700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
107 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN KANSAS
JOHNSON COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 107 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF EDGERTON KS...OR ABOUT 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF PAOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
2 MILES SOUTH OF EDGERTON KS AT 110 AM CDT
2 MILES EAST OF EDGERTON KS AT 115 AM CDT
OVER GARDNER AT 125 AM CDT
OVER OLATHE AT 150 AM CDT
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF OVERLAND PARK AT 205 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3871 9509 3859 9503 3857 9462 3899 9465
3899 9488What 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 21, 3:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998 FCST CONCERN IS PCP PSBLTY AND FLOOD POTENTIAL. 12Z UA INDCG A SERIES OF SHRTWVS IN SRN STREAM WESTERLIES...ONE SUCH FEATURE CURRENTLY MOVG THRU CWA WITH ANOTHER SLATED FOR LT TNGT/ERY MON. OUTFLOW BNDRY FM DECAYG COMPLEX MAKES SFC BNDRY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE....BUT LATEST ANLYS INDCG FNT SETTG VCNTY OF MO RVR...WITH SLGT SWD PUSH. MODELS SHOWG SLGT DFFRNCS IN POSITON OF BNDRY NEXT 48HRS...AS WELL AS HANDLG OF IMPULSES...WITH ETA INDCG STG CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK BY 24HRS WITH VORT IN ERN KS. NO REAL CONFIDENCE IN ANY MODEL WITH BNDRY...BUT XPC FEATURE TO SET UP JUST TO OUR S TNGT INTO ERY MON. BELIEVE TWO ROUNDS OF PCP PSBL LTR TNGT INTO MON MRNG...1ST WAA DVLPMT BY 06Z OVR ALL BUT FAR N...AS INDICATED BY BOTH NGM AND ETA... THEN COMPLEX ROLLG INTO WRN CWA BY DAYBREAK. BEGINNG OF COMPLEX EVIDENT WITH CNVTVN DVLPG ALG FOOTHILLS OF CO. PER DISCUSSION WITH STL AND TOP...WL NOT ISSUE FFA TNGT...WITH HVYST ORGANIZED PCP HOLDG OFF CLOSER TO MON MRNG. STILL...SE ZNS NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY TNGT WITH PSBL WAA...AS ONE HOUR FFG VALUES THERE AS LOW AS HALF AN INCH. LOOKS LIKE PSBL REPEAT IN STORE LT MON NGT INTO TUE...THO WITH UNCERTAINTY OF SFC AND UPR FEAUTURES...WL NOT HIT POPS AS HARD AS TNGT AND MON. .EAX... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. DJV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
927 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM 3 W PARKER KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 LINN TREES DOWN
1050 PM 5 E LISLE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/98 CASSLocal storm report, Jun 21, 9:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
927 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM 3 W PARKER KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 LINN TREES DOWN
1050 PM 5 E LISLE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/98 CASSLocal storm report, Jun 21, 11:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1122 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM CAMDEN PT MO WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 PLATTE LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
0845 PM EDGERTON MO WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 PLATTE LARGE TREES (20-30 FT)
BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ROAD
0850 PM JARBALO KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 LEAVENWORTH ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN AND
LID BLOWN OFF GRAIN BIN
0850 PM LEAVENWORTH KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 LEAVENWORTH TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO
TRANSFORMERS...CAUSING
A FIRE
0915 PM 2 W PARKVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/20/98 PLATTE
0930 PM WYANDOTTE CO LAKE KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/20/98 WYANDOTTE
0930 PM WYANDOTTE CO LAKE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 WYANDOTTE t TREES BLOWN DOWN AT
WYNDOTTE COUNTY LAKELocal storm report, Jun 21, 11:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1122 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM CAMDEN PT MO WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 PLATTE LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
0845 PM EDGERTON MO WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 PLATTE LARGE TREES (20-30 FT)
BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ROAD
0850 PM JARBALO KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 LEAVENWORTH ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN AND
LID BLOWN OFF GRAIN BIN
0850 PM LEAVENWORTH KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 LEAVENWORTH TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO
TRANSFORMERS...CAUSING
A FIRE
0915 PM 2 W PARKVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/20/98 PLATTE
0930 PM WYANDOTTE CO LAKE KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/20/98 WYANDOTTE
0930 PM WYANDOTTE CO LAKE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98 WYANDOTTE t TREES BLOWN DOWN AT
WYNDOTTE COUNTY LAKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 6:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 3 hr |
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.