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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 25, 1998Doniphan County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 1:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Troy, KSThe 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1998-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1998-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

372 
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 9529

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 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

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.