Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1998, 11:42 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 21, 1998, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1998, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 04:42 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, 11:45 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, 4.7 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 220442 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-220515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1042 PM MDT (1142 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT (1115 PM MDT) * AT 1141 PM CDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOVE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MbATHEWSON/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, 11:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 11:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1001 PM MDT (1101 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 ...DROPPING WATCH FOR NORTH AND WEST PORTIONS OF FA SHORTLY... WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SVR WX. ATMOSPHERE STABILIZING BEHIND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SRN AND ERN FA LATE THIS EVENING. THUS WILL DROP WATCH COVERING CO ZONES 91-92...NE ZONES 79>81...AND KS ZONES 1-2-13. REST OF FA SHOULD BE DROPPED BY 0Z AFTER JLINE PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA. .GLD...SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES KS ZONES 3-4-14>16-27>29-41-42 TURNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 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, 3 hours 32 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, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 32 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, 10:56 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
956 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0954 PM WINONA KS WIND DAMAGE
06/21/98 LOGAN GREATER THAN ONE INCH TREE
LIMBS BROKENSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 11:03 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079>081-220450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1002 PM MDT (1102 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 958 PM MDT (1058 PM CDT)...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BECOMING MORE STABLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MCCOOK TO GOODLAND TO CHEYENNE WELLS. WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR... DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... CHEYENNE...SHERMAN AND RAWLINS COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO TRIBUNE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR...NORTON...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE... LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
The 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, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 64 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.