Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WFUS1 KGRI 292035 RRA TORGRI KSC123-292115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 332 PM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 331 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 27 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR 5 MILES WEST OF BELOIT MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BELOIT AT 340 PM CDT ASHERVILLE AT 350 PM CDT TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS GRIFFITH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 29, 2:55 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 2:55 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 255 PM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 THUNDERSTORMS AND AMOUNT OF COOL DOWN ARE MAIN CHALLENGES. THUNDERSTORMS INITIATED BY 700 MB SHORT WAVE THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN FOCUSED NEAR SURFACE BOUNDARY AND HAVE REGENERATED AS A RESULT OF CONTINUED 850 MB THETA ADVECTION ON WEST SIDE OF ONGOING MCS. ETA INDICATED PLENTY OF ISENT LIFT ON 315K SURFACE AS WELL. THIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EWD THIS EVENING...BUT LOW LVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE OVER AREA TONIGHT. SHORT WAVE TIMING WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE COULD BE A BREAK FROM TSTMS LATE THIS EVENING THEN MORE TO FIRE LATER TONIGHT AS NEXT SYSTEM EJECTS OUT OF SRN ROCKIES. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS COULD FOCUS STORMS FARTHER SOUTH LATER TONIGHT THOUGH. THEREFORE...SOUTHERN CWA IS MOST FAVORED FOR TSTMS. HOWEVER EASTERN PART OF AREA BEST IN LINE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING AS PWS WILL BE GREATEST THERE. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE GENERALLY QUITE HIGH WITH 6 HOUR TOTALS FROM 3-4 INCHES MOST AREAS...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON FFA. WILL ATTEMPT TIMING WITH CATEGORICAL PCPN THIS EVENING WHERE OCCURRING THEN PLACE A POP OVERNIGHT. COOL FRONT IS SHOWN BY MODELS TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE. FRONT COULD TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN AS IT PASSES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB IN MIXING WITH FRONT AND PARTIAL SUNSHINE...THEN LEVEL OFF OR EVEN DROP SOME IN GOOD CAA TO END THE MONTH. FEEL CURRENT WORDING IS A LITTLE STRONG WITH COOLING AND WILL EASE OFF A BIT. GUIDANCE NOT BAD FOR INITIAL MAX TEMP. WILL KEEP AN EVENING POP OVER KANSAS AS 850 MB FRONT MAY STILL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS IT PLOUGHS SOUTH. LATER HOWEVER... EXPECT SOME CLEARING TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS HIGH BUILDS IN. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A COOL NIGHT. NORTHEAST SHOULD BE COLDEST WITH BEST CHANCE OF CLEARING. WINDS SHOULD STAY UP ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING BLO CUIDANCE. EVEN THOUGH AREA IS PROGGED TO BE IN DIVERGENT RRQ OF POLAR JET...BELIEVE MODEL QPFS WED NIGHT/THU SHOULD BE PUSHED FARTHER SOUTH WITH BUILDING HIGH. ON THURSDAY...TEMPS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER WORKS EAST INTO AREA AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES. AS CLOSED LOWS ARE USUALLY EJECTED TOO QUICKLY WILL DELAY CLOUDS AND ALLOW TEMPS TO RECOVER...CLOSER TO THE WARMER FWC TEMPS...AND dWARMER THAN GOING FCST. .GID...NONE. DROZD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-301200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1135 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MAINLY BE JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH WILL INCREASE TOWARDS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DEE
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-301200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1135 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTIVATION....SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MAINLY BE JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH WILL INCREASE TOWARDS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 55 min |
| Sep 29, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.