Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jun 13, 1998, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Andrew County, MO, Holt County, MO

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.

051 
WUUS1 KMCI 140050
SVRMCI
MOC003-087-140130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
748 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     ANDREW COUNTY IN MISSOURI
     HOLT COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OREGON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MOUND CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
     5 MILES WEST OF BOLCKOW AT 750 PM CDT
     12 MILES NORTH OF BOLCKOW AT 755 PM CDT
     38 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOLCKOW AT 805 PM CDT
     65 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOLCKOW AT 815 PM CDT
     105 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESVILLE AT 830 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT 2 INCH DIAMETER SIZE 
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE 
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR 
KANSAS. AND MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4023 9543 3996 9516 3983 9470 4009 9466

JM

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
330 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

ISOLD TSTMS DVLPD IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE ALONG WMFNT THIS AFTN
ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF FCST AREA...BUT MAIN SHOW IS TNGHT AS COMPLEX
OF SVR TSTMS WITH FLASH FLOOD POTL EXPECTED TO MOVE ACRS AREA.

SFC WMFNT AT MID AFTN LOCATED JUST S OF FCST AREA WITH VRY HIGH SFC
DEW PTS POOLED NR BNDRY. EXPECT TSTMS TO DVLP THIS AFTN IN VCTY OF
SFC LOW AS IT MOVES INTO NRN KS AND SWD ALG DRYLINE INTO CENTRAL KS.
ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL/ERN NE EXPECTED AS
NOCTURNAL LLJ STRENGTHENS AND ENHANCES LIFT N OF WMFNT.  CONVECTION
ACRS NE EXPECTED TO DVLP INTO AN INTENSE MCS AND TURN SEWD ACRS MUCH
OF CWA TNGHT. FCST VALUES OF CAPE...VERTICAL WIND PROFILE...AND
MID-LVL DRY INTRUSION SUGGEST POTL FOR SVR WX WITH THIS SYSTEM.
HIGH VALUES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER AND STG LIFT N OF WMFNT SUGGEST
FLASH FLOOD POTL...AND BASED ON 3-HOUR FF GUIDANCE VALUES OF UNDER 2
INCHES...WL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT XTRM NERN
COUNTIES... WHERE GUIDANCE VALUES ARE ABOUT AN INCH HIGHER.

IN LATER PERIODS...SOME CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS AS S/W SLOWS AND THEN
CLOSES OFF OVER AREA...LEAVING AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO WK S/W ENERGY
ROTATING AROUND SYS IN CYC FLO ALOFT.  GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK
REASONABLE AND ARE GENERALLY FOLLOWED.

...EAX...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ALL BUT XTRM NE COUNTIES
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT.

BUNTING

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.