Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1998, 11:13 PM CST for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Mar 26, 1998, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 62 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 05:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 11:30 PM CST | Hail 1 | Gove, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 270513 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-270615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1013 PM MST (1113 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CST (1115 PM MST) * AT 1110 PM CST... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HWY 23...15 MILES SOUTH OF GOVE AROUND 1115 PM CST GOVE AROUND 1125 PM CST PARK AROUND 1135 PM CST QUINTER AROUND 1135 PM CST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS MOVING EXTREMELY FAST AND WILL COLLIDE WITH A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PARK TO MONUMENT ROCKS. ENTWISTLE
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 Mar 26, 2:10 PM CST, 9 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:10 PM CST, 9 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MST (210 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 ...PD 1 AND 2 POPS AND TEMPS ALL PDS ARE CONCERNS THIS FCST PCKG... ETA/AVN STILL APPR TO HANDLE THE UPR LOW EJECTING OUT OF THE DESERT SW THE BEST...WITH THE NGM A LTL TO FAST WITH THE TIMING OF THIS SYS THRU OUR CWFA. BIG QN TNGT IS HOW MUCH LLVL MOISTURE WILL RTN OVR THE CWFA WITH STRENGTHENING LLVL JET TNGT. IF ONE WERE TO BELIEVE THE ETA BL DWPNT PROG THRU THIS EVE...DWPNTS ABV 50 DEG F WOULD BE RELEGATED TO ERN TWO MOST COUNTIES OF OUR CWFA THRU MIDNIGHT...BEFORE THE SFC LOW AND COLD FNT TRACKS EWRD ALNG THE KS/NE BDR. WEST OF THE DVLPG DRY LN...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY CAPPED AS INDCD BY ADAP CAP STRENGTH PRODUCT. LASTLY...Q-VEC CNVRG THIS EVE OVR OUR AREA APPRS TO RPDLY GET REPLACED BY STRONG Q-VEC DVRG LT TNGT AS MID LVL DRY SLOT MOVES NE INTO THE SERN COUNTIES OF OUR AREA. THE BOTTOM LN IS THAT ALL OF THESE FACTORS DO NOT SEEM TO COME TOGETHER VERY WELL FOR WIDESPREAD CNVTN TNGT...SO WILL GO WITH 20 PCT POPS MOST PLACES. ONLY NW COUNTIES HV HIER POPS TNGT INTO FRI AS MORE UPSLP WNDS PROVIDE MORE FAVORABLE LFT. IF TSTMS DO FIRE...CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000 OVR ER COUNTIES SUGGEST A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. WITH THE SYS EXITING OUR AREA BY FRI AFT...FEEL ANY SHWRS AND TSTMS SHOULD MOVE E OF OUR AREA BY MID AFT WITH MANY AREAS EXPERIENCING PARTIAL CLRG BY THIS TM. WNDS SHIFTING BACK TO THE SE LT FRI NGT MAY ALLOW SOME LOW CLDS AND PATCHY FOG TO DVLP BY SAT MORN...BUT DO NOT THINK IT WILL LAST MUCH BEYOND MIDDAY SAT AS WNDS SHIFT S. TEMPS COULD BE TRICKY TNGT DEPENDING ON ACTUAL WND SPD AND CLD CVR...BUT FOR NOW...FEEL FWC LOWS TNGT MAY BE TOO LOW. FCST HIGHS ON FRI MAY BE A TAD LOW ON FRI TOO...GVN H85 TEMPS OF +10 TO +15 DEG C PROGGED FOR FRI EVE WITH DOWNSLOPING NW SFC WNDS AND SOME SUN. OTRW...PDS 3 AND 4 TEMPS LOOK RSNBLE. NEXT MAJ ROCKY MOUNTAIN H5 TROF WILL LKLY AFFECT OUR AREA ON SUN INTO MON WITH SHWRS...TSTMS AND WNDS. OVERALL FCST CONFIDENCE WITH THIS PCKG IS AVG. .GLD...NONE. VJN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 6:54 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-270740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 PM MST (654 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST (MIDNIGHT MST) FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BEGINS AT 7 PM CST (6 PM MST) AND COVERS THAT AREA EAST OF THE COLORADO STATE LINE AND ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GOODLAND TO HILL CITY. AT 540 PM MST (640 PM CST) GOODLAND RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY...WITH OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF TRIBUNE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:07 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ013-027-NEZ079-270225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 707 PM MST THU MAR 26 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO KANSAS. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:51 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ027>029-041-042-270850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 750 PM MST (850 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST (1 AM CST)... THIS WATCH INCLUDES WALLACE...GREELEY...LOGAN...WICHITA...AND GOVE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...LEOTI...AND QUINTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAVISH
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:20 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079-080-270345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
819 PM MST (919 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998
...A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FROM THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH:
* DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA...INCLUDING THE TOWNS
OF BENKELMAN AND STRATON.
* CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN COUNTIES OF KANSAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
ST. FRANCIS AND GOODLAND.
THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST (1 AM CST) FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
* IN NEBRASKA...RED WILLOW
* IN KANSAS...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...
GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...AND
WICHITA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE 3/4 INCH HAIL OR LARGER...AND/OR WIND
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAVISHSpecial weather statement, Mar 26, 10:22 PM CST, 51 minutes before
KSZ003-027-041-NEZ081-270450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 921 PM MST (1021 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 ...SOME COUNTIES REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 120: * IN NEBRASKA: RED WILLOW * IN KANSAS: DECATUR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121: * IN KANSAS: GREELEY AND WALLACE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 1 AM CST (MIDNIGHT CST): WICHITA...LOGAN...GOVE...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...NORTON...SHERIDAN... AND GRAHAM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAVISH
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:27 PM CST, 46 minutes before
KSZ002-003-027-041-NEZ081-270450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO REMOVE RAWLINS FROM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 927 PM MST (1027 PM CST) THU MAR 26 1998 ...SOME COUNTIES REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 120: * IN NEBRASKA: RED WILLOW * IN KANSAS: RAWLINS AND DECATUR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 121: * IN KANSAS: GREELEY AND WALLACE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 1 AM CST (MIDNIGHT CST): WICHITA...LOGAN...GOVE...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...NORTON...AND GRAHAM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAVISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 51 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.