Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 25, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Doniphan County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Troy, KS | The Doniphan County Sheriff Office reported a 60 MPH wind gust a mile east of Troy. |
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 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMCI 250603 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC043-250645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
100 AM CDT THU JUN 25 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DONIPHAN COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 100 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DENTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ATCHISON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
OVER TROY AT 105 AM CDT
4 MILES NORTH OF WATHENA AT 115 AM CDT
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH EVEN AFTER THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3970 9539 3965 9509 3980 9492 3993 9529What 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 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 10 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 10 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 300 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1998 FCST CONCERNS THIS PD INCLUDE POPS TONIGHT AND TEMPS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. STLT PIX SHOW LEFTOVER CU OVER NWRN MO DISSIPATING...AND WAA CLDS MUCH FURTHER N OVR IA/SD/NE. MCS DVLPMNT/PROPAGATION SHOULD TAKE ANY ACTIVITY N OF AREA...BUT CORFIDI VECTORS LV SML CHANCE OVER FAR NW MO...SO WL LV LOW CHC POS THERE AND ELIMINATE ELSEWHERE. FURTHER OUT...HEAT IS THE BUZZWORD AS RIDGE BUILDS IN AND MIDLVL TEMPS PRECLUDE ANY CONVECTION. WITH GOOD HEATING/MIXING...SFC HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID 90S THU AND UPR 90S FRI A GOOD BET BASED ON H8 TEMPS. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE TRIPLE DIGITS IN A FEW PLACES IN OR S OF KC METRO ON FRIDAY. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPR 60S...HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA SHOULD EASILY BE REACHED THU/FRI IN MANY AREAS. ONLY PROBLEM MAY BE MAINTAINING CRITERIA AT NIGHT...BUT THINK THAT IF WE DO GO BELOW...IT WONT BE VERY LONG. AS A RESULT...WILL ISSUE HEAT ADVISORY FOR SW 2/3 CWA. .EAX... MO...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>031-037>040-043>046-053-054 KS...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR KSZ025-057-060-102>105 JHV
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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.