Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1998, 2:28 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- May 24, 1998, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gove County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Gove, KS | Destroyed satellite dish and numerous windows and crops |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Gove, KS | Broken windows |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Gove, KS | Wind accompanied by nickel sized hail. |
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 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 241927 RRA TORGLD KSC063-242015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 128 PM MDT (228 PM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN AND CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT (215 PM MDT) * AT 225 PM CDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAKLEY OR 15 MILES WEST OF GOVE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GOVE AROUND 250 PM CDT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAINFIELD AROUND 305 PM CDT 10 MILES EAST OF GOVE AROUND 310 PM CDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! VJN
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 24, 6:26 AM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:26 AM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 526 AM MDT (626 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 MID LVL MOISTURE NOT DISSIPATING AS EXPECTED AS COOL POOL FROM NRN PLAINS H5 INTERACTS WITH VORT LOBE EXTENDING FROM WAVE IN UTAH KEEP MID LVL CLOUDS GOING WITH SOME ISOLATED...HIGH-BASED SHOWERS OVER THE NW ZNS. UPDATED MAINLY TO REMOVE MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY MENTION AS THIS WONT BE THE CASE. REST OF FCST TO REMAIN UNTOUCHED AS MAIN H5 ENTERS WRN FA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .GLD...NONE MARTELLO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 936 AM MDT (1036 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SLOWLY INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF WESTERN COLORADO INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO ST. FRANCIS TO QUINTER WHERE HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND GREATER INSTABILITY EXISTS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 40. THEDE
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1048 AM MDT (1148 AM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO ATWOOD TO HILL CITY. SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SLOWLY INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF WESTERN COLORADO INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ALONG WITH ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. STRONGER STORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS SUNSHINE WARMS THE AIR AT LOWER LEVELS THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 40. && THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO THEDE/ENTWISTLE
Local storm report, May 24, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
1212 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 AM 1 NW RULETON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1021 AM 3 SW BETHUNE CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON GROUND COVERED BY HAIL
1028 AM 15 SW GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN GROUND COVERED. ALSO 0.90
INCHES RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
1033 AM 5 S GOODLAND KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1041 AM BURLINGTON CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON EAST SIDE OF TOWN
1106 AM 9 SE STRATTON CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON GROUND COVERED BY HAIL
1119 AM BURLINGTON CO FLOODING
05/24/98 KIT CARSON STREET FLOODING. PEA HAIL
COVERED GROUND.
1130 AM 17 NNE WALLACE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1130 AM 10 S LEVANT KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 THOMAS
1135 AM 15 SSE GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN HAIL COVERED GROUNDLocal storm report, May 24, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
1212 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 AM 1 NW RULETON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1021 AM 3 SW BETHUNE CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON GROUND COVERED BY HAIL
1028 AM 15 SW GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN GROUND COVERED. ALSO 0.90
INCHES RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
1033 AM 5 S GOODLAND KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1041 AM BURLINGTON CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON EAST SIDE OF TOWN
1106 AM 9 SE STRATTON CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 KIT CARSON GROUND COVERED BY HAIL
1119 AM BURLINGTON CO FLOODING
05/24/98 KIT CARSON STREET FLOODING. PEA HAIL
COVERED GROUND.
1130 AM 17 NNE WALLACE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN
1130 AM 10 S LEVANT KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 THOMAS
1135 AM 15 SSE GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 SHERMAN HAIL COVERED GROUNDSpecial weather statement, May 24, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ027>029-041-042-250025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1225 PM MDT (125 PM CDT) SUN MAY 24 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1 PM MDT (2 PM CDT) UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...CHEYENNE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. 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. HARMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 66 min |
| May 24, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 34 min |
| May 24, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 75 min |
| May 24, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 76 min |
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.