Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 6:20 PM MDT for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- May 24, 1998, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 7:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Goodland, KS | Brief tornado reported by public. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 250020 RRA SVRGLD KSC181-199-250110- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 620 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 710 PM MDT * AT 621 PM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON SPRINGS OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF KANORADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS AROUND 635 PM MDT 8 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE AROUND 655 PM MDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! HARMON/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, 2:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
225 PM MDT (325 PM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998
SHORT DISCUSSION TODAY DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER.
MODELS SIMILAR...BUT DIFFER ON QPF PATTERN BY DAY 2. MESO ETA
VORTICITY PATTERN A BETTER MATCH TO LATEST SATELLITE PIC THAN ETA...
SO WILL BASE IDEA OF PRECIP ENDING MONDAY MORNING AND EXTEND CURRENT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR KANSAS TO 12Z...LEAVING COLORADO FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TO 06Z.
TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...AFTERNOON FWC POPS SEEM LOW GIVEN AMOUNT OF
PROGGED INSTABILITY.
.GLD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 06Z FOR KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE
COUNTIES COLORADO /COZ091-092/.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 12Z SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GOODLAND TO
HILL CITY /KSZ013>016-027>029-041-042/
ENTWISTLEIn the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:25 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-250025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1225 PM MDT (125 PM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1 PM MDT (2 PM CDT) UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...CHEYENNE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. HARMON
Local storm report, May 24, 3:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
318 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1224 PM WINONA KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 LOGAN
1230 PM 16 SW COLBY KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 THOMAS
1235 PM 3 S WINONA KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 LOGAN PLUS 20 MINS OF .5 INCH
HAIL
0130 PM 10 S OAKLEY KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 LOGAN LASTED FOR 30 MINUTES
0148 PM 17 SW GOVE KS 3 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 GOVE DESTROYED SATELLITE DISH
AND NUMEROUS WINDOWS
0215 PM 11 S GOVE KS 2.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 GOVE BROKEN WINDOWS
0222 PM 13 S GOVE KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 GOVE
0222 PM 13 S GOVE KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 GOVE
0230 PM 13 SSE GOVE KS 2.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 GOVE
0245 PM KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 LOGAN ACCUMULATION TO 5 INCH
DEPTH 1 S HWY 40 ON HWY 25Special weather statement, May 24, 4:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 432 PM MDT (532 PM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO AS WELL AS WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... GOODLAND DOPPLER INDICATES THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN COLORADO ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO THE WATCH AREA. CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO RADIO...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION AND CABLE TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. VJN
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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.