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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 14, 1998Linn County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1998, 9:27 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas; Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 14, 1998, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Linn County, KS, 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
Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 14, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

341 
WUUS1 KMCI 150230 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC107-MOC013-150310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL KANSAS CITY MO
927 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS
     BATES COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1010 PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WORLAND AT 950 PM CDT
     2 MILES WEST OF AMORET AT 1000 PM CDT
     3 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMORET AT 1010 PM CDT

* AT 927 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  PRESCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3813 9407 3801 9468 3808 9480 3845 9443

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 Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
255 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AT THE FOREFRONT THIS PKG. SPC FIRED FIRST SHOT
INTO SE NEB/NCNTRL KS...AND EXPECT FURTHER CONVECTION ON DOWN THE
DRYLINE TONIGHT. SEE SPSMCI FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

FCST OUT THE REST OF THE PERIOD GETS A LITTLE DICIER. ETA FASTER
THAN OTHER MDLS IN FLINGING SFC LOW THROUGH CWA...WITH NGM/AVN
ALLOWING LOW TO DAWDLE OVER US. ATTM WL OPT FOR A BLEND OF
ETA/AVN...WITH SLIGHTLY PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT. MIDLVL INSTABILITY
REMAINS DECENT THROUGH PD...OFFERING CHC TRW THROUGH 36H.

MOS TEMPS NOT ALL THAT FAR APART AND FAIRLY REASONABLE.

.EAX...
MO...NONE
KS...NONE

JHV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
838 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0826 PM    AVENUE CITY               MO    TORNADO
04/14/98   ANDREW                          TORNADO REPORTED TO
                                           SHERIFF

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
838 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0826 PM    AVENUE CITY               MO    TORNADO
04/14/98   ANDREW                          TORNADO REPORTED TO
                                           SHERIFF

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:43 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0832 PM    BEAGLE                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MIAMI                           DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                           SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:43 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0832 PM    BEAGLE                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MIAMI                           DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                           SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:19 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
919 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0910 PM    SAN ANTONIO               MO    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   BUCHANAN

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:19 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
919 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0910 PM    SAN ANTONIO               MO    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   BUCHANAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	62 min
Apr 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	62 min
Apr 14, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	33 min
Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	22 min
Apr 15, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	51 min
Apr 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	30 min
Apr 14, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew	32 min
Apr 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	3 hr
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew	31 min
Apr 14, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	DeKalb	22 min
Apr 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	29 min
Apr 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb	30 min
Apr 14, 9:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	DeKalb	3 hr
Apr 14, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	48 min
Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Nodaway	30 min
Apr 14, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	28 min
Apr 14, 11:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	29 min
Apr 14, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	47 min
Apr 15, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998 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.