Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 1998Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 11:26 AM MDT for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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
May 24, 1998, 11:26 AM MDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1998, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 11:30 AM MDTHail 0.75Wallace, KS
May 24, 11:35 AM MDTHail 0.75Goodland, KS

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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 241726 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC181-199-241800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1126 AM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1200 PM MDT

* AT 1124 AM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF
  EDSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURD~Y
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

VJN

What 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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 5:26 AM MDT, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 5:26 AM MDT, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
526 AM MDT (626 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998

MID LVL MOISTURE NOT DISSIPATING AS EXPECTED AS COOL POOL FROM NRN
PLAINS H5 INTERACTS WITH VORT LOBE EXTENDING FROM WAVE IN UTAH KEEP
MID LVL CLOUDS GOING WITH SOME ISOLATED...HIGH-BASED SHOWERS OVER
THE NW ZNS. UPDATED MAINLY TO REMOVE MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY MENTION AS
THIS WONT BE THE CASE. REST OF FCST TO REMAIN UNTOUCHED AS MAIN H5
ENTERS WRN FA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.GLD...NONE

MARTELLO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:37 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
936 AM MDT (1036 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CHEYENNE CO   CHEYENNE KS   DECATUR KS     DUNDY NE        GOVE KS
GRAHAM KS     GREELEY KS    HITCHCOCK NE   KIT CARSON CO   LOGAN KS
NORTON KS     RAWLINS KS    RED WILLOW NE  SHERIDAN KS     SHERMAN KS
THOMAS KS     WALLACE KS    WICHITA KS     YUMA CO

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

SYNOPSIS:

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SLOWLY
INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE OUT OF WESTERN COLORADO INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF
COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO ST. FRANCIS TO
QUINTER WHERE HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND GREATER INSTABILITY
EXISTS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES COULD
DEVELOP...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 40.

THEDE
Special weather statement, May 24, 10:48 AM MDT, 38 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1048 AM MDT (1148 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CHEYENNE CO   CHEYENNE KS   DECATUR KS     DUNDY NE        GOVE KS
GRAHAM KS     GREELEY KS    HITCHCOCK NE   KIT CARSON CO   LOGAN KS
NORTON KS     RAWLINS KS    RED WILLOW NE  SHERIDAN KS     SHERMAN KS
THOMAS KS     WALLACE KS    WICHITA KS     YUMA CO

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO
ATWOOD TO HILL CITY.

SYNOPSIS...

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SLOWLY
INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE OUT OF WESTERN COLORADO INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF NICKELS ALONG WITH ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.  STRONGER
STORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS SUNSHINE WARMS THE AIR AT LOWER
LEVELS

THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES COULD
DEVELOP...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 40.

&&

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CHEYENNE CO   CHEYENNE KS   DECATUR KS     DUNDY NE        GOVE KS
GRAHAM KS     GREELEY KS    HITCHCOCK NE   KIT CARSON CO   LOGAN KS
NORTON KS     RAWLINS KS    RED WILLOW NE  SHERIDAN KS     SHERMAN KS
THOMAS KS     WALLACE KS    WICHITA KS     YUMA CO

THEDE/ENTWISTLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman48 min
May 24, 10:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas66 min
May 24, 12:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas75 min
May 24, 12:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan76 min
May 24, 1:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan50 min
May 24, 1:28 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGove47 min
May 24, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove61 min

Nearby

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.