Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 22, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1998, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Goodland Arpt, KS | Brief tornado observed by NWS personnel. |
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 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 230145 RRA TORGLD KSC023-181-230250- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 745 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) FRI MAY 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 950 PM CDT (850 PM MDT) * AT 845 PM CDT (745 PM MDT)... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT FRANCIS OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIRD CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF BIRD CITY AROUND 846 PM CDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! VJN/KPL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 22, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 210 PM MDT (310 PM CDT) FRI MAY 22 1998 ...MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IS CONVECTION TONIGHT... ETA AND AVN INITIALIZED WELL...BOTH WERE EXCELLENT AT 5H. ETA/AVN WERE BOTH GOOD AT SFC...WHILE NGM WAS TOO DEEP ON THE LOW OVER KS AT 12Z. BY 18Z ETA WAS BEST AT SFC AS IT INDICATED DEVELOPING LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO. WILL FOLLOW ETA THIS PACKAGE. WV SATELLITE SHOWS A VORT MAX MOVING INTO CENTRAL CO WHICH IS FIRING TRW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. THIS FIRST WAVE WILL TRIGGER CONVECTION OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF FA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. WITH SFC LOW DEEPENING OVER EASTERN CO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE FROM NE CO ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF FA. Q VECTOR ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONGEST CONVERGENCE OVER THETA E RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN FA BY 00Z. WENT HIGHEST POPS NRN AND ERN FA FOR THESE REASONS. UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME OUTFLOW COOLED AIR OVER FA...SO EXPECT AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP OVER ALL BUT FAR SRN ZONES. WITH CLOUDS AND E WINDS MOST OF THE NIGHT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY ABOVE FWC/FAN NUMBERS. UPPER LEVEL LOW KICKS OFF TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SAT...DRAGGING THE SFC LOW INTO EASTERN KS. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS FA EARLY SAT MORNING. ALTHOUGH Q VECTOR ANALYSIS INDICATES BEST FORCING OVER EASTERN KS BY 12Z...THINK THAT WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SAT MORNING OVER EASTERN ZONES. PRECIPITATION ENDS BY SAT AFTERNOON WITH DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE PERIODS. CAA BEHIND SFC LOW KEEPS 850/700 THICKNESSES 30M LOWER THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON PER ETA/AVN. PREFER FAN NUMBERS OVER SLIGHTLY WARMER FWC. .GLD...NONE MLC/TURNER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 8:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
707 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 9 N ST FRANCIS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 CHEYENNE
0650 PM 13 SSW WRAY CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 YUMA ALSO 60 MPH WIND.
0655 PM 7 NE IDALIA CO 1.88 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 YUMA 1 7/8 INCH HAIL
0704 PM BENKELMAN NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 DUNDYLocal storm report, May 22, 8:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
710 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0709 PM 9 N ST FRANCIS KS 3 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 CHEYENNELocal storm report, May 22, 8:13 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
713 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0711 PM 16 NW ST FRANCIS KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 CHEYENNELocal storm report, May 22, 8:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
740 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM 10 N BIRD CITY KS 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/22/98 CHEYENNE
0736 PM ST FRANCIS KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/22/98 CHEYENNE SPOTTER REPORTLocal storm report, May 22, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
742 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM BENKELMAN NE FLOODING
05/22/98 DUNDY WATER OVER CURBS. LAW
ENFORCEMENT STRANDED.
0844 PM 14 S ST FRANCIS KS TORNADO
05/22/98 CHEYENNE OBSERVED FROM NWS OFFICELocal storm report, May 22, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
742 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM BENKELMAN NE FLOODING
05/22/98 DUNDY WATER OVER CURBS. LAW
ENFORCEMENT STRANDED.
0844 PM 14 S ST FRANCIS KS TORNADO
05/22/98 CHEYENNE OBSERVED FROM NWS OFFICEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 65 min |
| May 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 63 min |
| May 22, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 78 min |
| May 22, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 77 min |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 79 min |
| May 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 51 min |
| May 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 47 min |
| May 22, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 45 min |
| May 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 33 min |
| May 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 76 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 67 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.