Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 19, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Belle Plaine, KS | |
| Jun 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Oxford, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 3:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 300 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 18Z SFC ANALYSIS HINTS AT WEAK WARM FRONT ACRS SC/SE KS WITH 70-70 DWPTS ADVECTING IN FROM THE SOUTH. WHILE UPPER ENERGY IS LACKING LAPS DATA SHOWS CAPES APPROACHING 4000 J/KG...AND WITH MID LVL THERMAL TROF SEEN ON MORNING UA RUN WILL KEEP SMALL POPS IN SE KS WHERE CAP IS THE WEAKEST. OTHERWISE...WILL GO ABV GUIDANCE VALUES ON TEMPS WITH HIGH DWPTS PUSHING INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH LL JET INCREASING. IN LATER PERIODS LEANED TWD ETA/AVN SOLUTION AS IT VERIFIED BETTER WITH LL MOISTURE FIELDS AND WAS SLOWER WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT. QUESTION SAT IS IF CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT CAN TRIGGER TSRA. ETA DOES SUGGEST WEAKENING OF MID LVL CAP LATE SAT AND WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE MAY BE ABLE TO SPARK SOME ISOLATED TSRA...ESPECIALLY EAST OF ICT. THUS WILL CARRY 20 POPS FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AHD OF THIS FRONT. TEMPWISE...WILL GO ABV GUIDANCE VALUES AHD OF THE FRONT AS COMPRESSIONAL WARMING MAY PUSH TEMPS TO NEAR THE CENTURY MARK IN SC KS. IN CENTRAL ZONES WILL GO COOLER THAN GUIDANCE VALUES DUE TO WEAK CAA WORKING IN BEHIND FRONT. ETA NEVER PUSHES FRONT THRU SE KANSAS THUS WILL CONT POPS HERE SAT NIGHT. AGAIN...LACK OF UPPER ENERGY/CAP STRENGTH BIG NEGATIVES FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. AS FRONT PUSHES NORTH SUNDAY...THETA-E RIDGE AND DWPTS POOL AHD OF FRONT IN CENTRAL KANSAS SO WILL PUT WIDELY SCT POPS HERE WITH SLGT CHC OF TSRA SOUTH OF BOUNDARY AS AVN SHOWS SHORTWAVE APPROACHING. HYSELL FCSTID = 12 ICT 72 100 69 94 / 0 20 20 20 HUT 70 100 69 94 / 0 0 10 20 EWK 71 100 69 94 / 0 20 10 20 EQA 70 98 69 94 / 0 20 10 20 WLD 72 100 69 94 / 0 20 20 20 RSL 66 96 64 93 / 0 0 10 20 GBD 67 97 65 94 / 0 0 10 20 SLN 69 97 66 96 / 0 0 10 20 MPR 69 97 66 97 / 0 0 10 20 CFV 73 96 70 93 / 20 30 30 20 CNU 73 95 70 92 / 20 30 30 20 K88 72 95 70 92 / 20 30 30 20 .ICT...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 62 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.