Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT for Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Platte County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:04 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 67 | Platte, MO | Severe thunderstorm winds were clocked at 67 MPH at Kansas City International Airport. Two parked airliners were knocked together as a result of the wind gusts. |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220 WFUS1 KMCI 292359 RRA TORMCI MOC165-300100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 700 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PLATTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT AT 656 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR DEKALB...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NEAR NEW MARKET AT 715 PM CAMDEN POINT AT 720 PM HOOVER AT 730 PM IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 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.