Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 10:30 AM CDT for Cooper County, Missouri. 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 18, 1998, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1998, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cooper County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Prairie Home, MO | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and uprooted trees along Route O near Prairie Home. In Bunceton the damaging thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a house and damaged a trailer. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055
WUUS1 KMCI 181532 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC053-181615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
1030 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COOPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 1030 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF NEW LEBANON...OR ABOUT 21
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR BUNCETON AT 1040 AM CDT
5 MILES NORTH OF PRAIRIE HOME AT 1050 AM CDT
16 MILES EAST OF BOONVILLE AT 1100 AM CDT
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT TWO INCH DIAMETER SIZE
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3869 9300 3870 9263 3893 9251 3899 9287What 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 18, 3:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 340 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 LTST STLT/88D RETURNS AND SFC OBS SHOW WAA -SHRA OVER ERN/SERN CWA AND WKNG SQLLN ENTERING XTRM NWRN MO ATTM. KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON SRN EDGE OF WRN CNVCTN...BUT AIRMASS APPARENTLY STILL CAPPED ENOUGH TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT FURTHER S. MDLS FAIRLY CONSISTENT THIS RUN...AND HAPPY TO SEE MDL SOLNS CONVERGE ON AVN SOLUTION FROM PAST FEW RUNS. CDFNT PROGD THROUGH KMKC JUST AFTER NOON TDY...AND THROUGH CWA BY 19/00Z. ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE NEED FOR FFA IN NW MO AS FFG VERY LOW...BUT MORE ACTIVITY BETWEEN SQLLN AND FROPA NOT GUARANTEED...SO MIGHT BE BEST TO APPROACH CASE BY CASE. TEMPS STILL QUITE WARM...WITH 08Z READINGS STILL AOA 80F NEARLY EVERYWHERE. SOME MIDLVL COOLING XPCTD AFT FROPA...BUT STILL WILL CONT TEMPS FROM PREV PKG DUE TO WARM START. AFT FROPA...MOISTURE QUICKLY BECOMES LACKING. PREV PKG HAS THIS WELL COV ERED...ALTHOUGH WL UP TEMPS FRI A TIDGE WITH GOOD W/SW FLOW AND M/SNY SKIES. SEE NO REASON TO MESS WITH XTNDD. JHV .EAX... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
813 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 AM SEDALIA MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 PETTISLocal storm report, Jun 18, 8:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
813 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 AM SEDALIA MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/98 PETTISLocal storm report, Jun 18, 9:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
915 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 AM MARSHALL MO WIND DAMAGE
06/18/98 SALINE BIG TREE DOWN ALONG
RAILROAD TRACKS BETWEEN
MARSHALL A`ND MIAMILocal storm report, Jun 18, 9:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
915 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 AM MARSHALL MO WIND DAMAGE
06/18/98 SALINE BIG TREE DOWN ALONG
RAILROAD TRACKS BETWEEN
MARSHALL A`ND MIAMILocal storm report, Jun 18, 10:28 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1028 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM BRUNSWICK MO WIND DAMAGE
06/18/98 CHARITON TREE REPORTED DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 18, 10:28 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1028 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM BRUNSWICK MO WIND DAMAGE
06/18/98 CHARITON TREE REPORTED DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 96 min |
| Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 75 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 81 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 51 min |
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.