Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1998, 11:08 PM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 14, 1998, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1998, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Fontana, KS | One-inch diameter hail was reported at Fontana and Jingo by the Miami County Sheriff's Office. |
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | La Cygne, KS | Golfball-size hail was reported at La Cygne by the Linn County Sheriff's office. |
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 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, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSTL 150408 RRA
TORMCI
KSC107-121-150430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL KANSAS CITY MO
1108 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN KANSAS
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CYGNE AT 1115 PM CDT
16 MILES EAST OF LA CYGNE AT 1125 PM CDT
* AT 1108 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER FONTANA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN
THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING!
LAT...LON 3824 9461 3824 9489 3860 9485 3860 9462The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 43 min |
| 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 15, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 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.