Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1998, 10:41 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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
- Jun 21, 1998, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gove, KS | |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Gove, KS | Windows blown out of tractor. Large grain bin blown over. |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Gove, KS | Power pole and power lines downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 220342 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-220445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 941 PM MDT (1041 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1039 PM CDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF OAKLEY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 14 MILES WEST OF GOVE AROUND 1055 PM CDT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOVE AROUND 1110 PM CDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF GRINNELL AROUND 1115 PM CDT GOVE AROUND 1135 PM CDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MATHEWSON/EJM
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 21, 3:22 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:22 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COORDINATION UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 222 PM MDT (322 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 ...SVR TSTMS AND LOCALIZED FLDNG TNGT ARE MN CONCERNS... ONLY CHANGE TO DRAFT ZONES WILL BE TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF HIGH TEMPS FOR NW KS COUNTIES TO INCLUDE LOWER TO MID 90S SO TO BLEND BETTER WITH DDCS COUNTIES. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE SLATED ATTM. .GLD...NONE VJN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
COZ090-220140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 708 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 730 PM. AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL T.V AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
COZ090-220140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 708 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 730 PM. AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL T.V AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
-COZ091-092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081- 220405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 709 PM MDT (809 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT (1 AM MDT) FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2 AM CDT) MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE... BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...MCCOOK...TRENTON...GOODLAND...COLBY... OBERLIN...NORTON...HILL CITY...TRIBUNE AND LEOTI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 631...WHICH COVERED MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 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. TURNER
Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
910 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0902 PM GOODLAND KS 59 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
REPORT
0903 PM GOODLAND KS 66 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
REPORT
0904 PM GOODLAND KS 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN
SBNLocal storm report, Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
910 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0902 PM GOODLAND KS 59 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
REPORT
0903 PM GOODLAND KS 66 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
REPORT
0904 PM GOODLAND KS 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98 SHERMAN
SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.