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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 29, 1998Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 10:39 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 1998, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1998, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bates County, MO

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 29, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 20.8

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The text

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

795 
WUUS1 KMCI 300340 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC013-300430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
1039 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHERN BATES COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1039 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUME...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
     NEAR HUME AT 1045 PM CDT
     3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICH HILL AT 1055 PM CDT
     
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES 
IN DIAMETER AND...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. FOR YOUR 
SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3827 9462 3805 9462 3804 9406 3825 9407

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 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
315 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

LTL TIME FOR DISC AS SVR WX NEARS CWA. EXTREME NSTABILITY... STEEP
LAPSE RATES...CDFNT AND INCREASING MID LEVEL WNDS WILL PROVIDE FOR A
GOOD CHANCE OF SVR WX. WITH HI DWPTS AND CORRESPONDING HI PW AND LO
FFG VALUES...WL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT FOR NRN 2/3RDS OF
CWA.

DRIER AND COOLER AIR TO ARRIVE LATE TNGT AND TUES WITH FWC GUID
GENERALLY FOLLOWED.IFT INTO 2ND PD FFA.

.EAX...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MO ZONES MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-046
KS ZONES KSZ 102>105-025-

DB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:13 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1013 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    5 E KIRKSVILLE            MO    TORNADO
06/29/98   ADAIR                           REPORT OF TORNADO 5 E
                                           OF KIRKSVILLE FROM TV
                                           STATION

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

KSZ060-MOZ033-040-046-053-054-300350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1018 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM FOR RANDOLPH...HOWARD
AND COOPER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM.

THE COUNTIES ARE LINN...BATES...HENRY...COOPER...HOWARD AND RANDOLPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH...HOWARD AND
COOPER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STILL BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF
NECESSARY.

SMITH

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1023 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCAFTION....

1023 PM    8 N MOUND CITY            KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   LINN

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1023 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCAFTION....

1023 PM    8 N MOUND CITY            KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   LINN

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1029 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1028 PM    4 E CENTERVILLE           KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   LINN

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1029 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1028 PM    4 E CENTERVILLE           KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/98   LINN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Platte	60 min
Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair	27 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	47 min
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	60 min
Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	62 min
Jun 29, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	30 min
Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	40 min
Jun 29, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	54 min
Jun 29, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.