Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1998, 4:57 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 7, 1998, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Colby, KS | Also, nickel size hail reported 2E of Colby at 1630 CST. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 246 PM MDT (346 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1998 ...THREAT OF SVR TSTMS MAIN CHALLENGE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... STRONG LLJ AHEAD OF LOW LVL TROF OVER CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTN. WIND SPEEDS WL REMAIN CLOSE TO WIND ADVSRY CRITERIA TIL TROF/DRYLINE APPROACHES GLD CWA. WL HIT WINDS HARD AND ISSUE WIND ADVSRY FOR ALL NW KS ZONES THIS EVE. WITH SFC TROF PROGRESSING TOWARD FAR E COLORADO WL NOT INCLUDE THAT AREA AND CONCENTRATE ON SVR TSTM POTENTIAL. ETA MODEL OF CHOICE AS IT BRINGS SFC LOW OVER KS/NE BORDER TONIGHT. AVN MORE IN LINE WITH ETA AT SFC AND ETA DID BEST WITH STATIONARY FRONT FROM FAR NE COLORADO INTO SW NEBRASKA. GOOD MSTR CONVERGENCE PROGGED NEAR THIS LOW AND AHEAD OF THETA-E RIDGE. CURRENT POSN OF STATIONARY FRONT AND JET ALOFT SUGGESTS N COUNTIES UNDER THE GUN BY THIS EVE. ETA PROGGED CAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG THIS EVE AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILE AND INCREASING INSTABILITY INCREASES THE THREAT FOR SVR TSTMS AND POSSIBLY ISOLD TORNADOES. WL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE IN MOST OF THE ZONES IN 1ST PERIOD. STRONGER PVA EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WHICH WL KEEP SHWRS/TSTMS GOING SPCLY E PARTS OF FA. THETA-E AXIS SHIFTS TO E COUNTIES AFT MIDNIGHT AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO PUNCH IN OVER FAR E COLORADO. BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER PCPN WL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NE CWA. CONSIDERING POSN OF SFC LOW AND POSSIBLE WRAP-AROUND MSTR...WL KEEP IN CHC OF RAIN EARLY FROM MCK TO HLC. OTRW...FAIRLY QUIET WX ON MONDAY WITH DRIER AMS. SFC LOW WL DRAG FRONT THRU THE CWA MONDAY WITH THERMAL GRADIENT MAKING TEMP FCST TRICKY. WL GO WARMEST ACROSS S DUE TO FCST H85 TEMPS. DECENT UVVS ALSO SHOWN OVER S CWA BY 00Z TUE WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF ROCKIES. FOR NOW...WL ONLY THROW IN 20 PERCENT FOR MONDAY EVE FOR W AND S SECTIONS OF GLD CWA. .GLD...SVR TSTM WATCH COZ090>092 TIL 8 PM MDT. ALSO...WIND ADVSRY KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041>042 THIS EVE. KPL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-072025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1130 AM MDT (1230 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 28 TO 38 MPH RANGE CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA/OAKLEY KANSAS/RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE AS A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SINCE 7 AM MDT (8 AM CDT)...SOME WIND GUSTS HAVE EXCEEDED 50 MPH BETWEEN COLBY KANSAS AND BURLINGTON COLORADO. LOOK FOR THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OVER THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND SHOULD MOVE EAST INTO KANSAS/NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS ALREADY OCCURRING FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY PASS THROUGH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. PEAK GUSTS SINCE 7 AM MDT (8 AM CDT)... GOODLAND KANSAS ...51 MPH. BURLINGTON COLORADO...47 MPH. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND AND BECOME A HAZARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
COZ090>092-080205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE... YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARDS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ON THE HEELS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SOUTH WINDS SETTING UP AN UNSTABLE SITUATION OVER THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM IN INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FRONT RANGE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST AFTER THEY DEVELOP. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
COZ090>092-080205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE... YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARDS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ON THE HEELS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SOUTH WINDS SETTING UP AN UNSTABLE SITUATION OVER THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM IN INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FRONT RANGE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST AFTER THEY DEVELOP. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MARTELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 78 min |
| Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
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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.