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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Wichita, KS

July 10, 1998Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1998, 3:02 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 10, 1998, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 1998, 3:55 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Jul 10, 3:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Cunningham, KS
Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Kingman, 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 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 Jul 10, 3:10 AM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:10 AM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
155 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN...

CENTRAL KANSAS...
         BARTON              CHASE               ELLSWORTH
         LINCOLN             MARION              MCPHERSON
         RICE                RUSSELL             SALINE

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
         BUTLER              COWLEY              HARPER
         HARVEY              KINGMAN             RENO
         SEDGWICK            SUMNER

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
         ALLEN               CHAUTAUQUA          ELK
         GREENWOOD           LABETTE             MONTGOMERY
         NEOSHO              WILSON              WOODSON

SYNOPSIS:
AT EARLY AFTERNOON...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS SITUATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF COLORADO AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE FRONT AND SUFFICIENT DAYTIME HEATING HAS HELPED
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  AS FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF
THE FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54. THESE TOO MAY BECOME
SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MAIN THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY EVEN
SOME WEAK TORNADOES.

OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS FROM THE WEST. THIS AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DRIFT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS JUST BEFORE DAWN.  ALTHOUGH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE MINOR FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS DUE TO HEAVY
RAINS.

SPOTTER ACDTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

BURGER/NOONAN

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
155 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN...

CENTRAL KANSAS...
         BARTON              CHASE               ELLSWORTH
         LINCOLN             MARION              MCPHERSON
         RICE                RUSSELL             SALINE

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
         BUTLER              COWLEY              HARPER
         HARVEY              KINGMAN             RENO
         SEDGWICK            SUMNER

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
         ALLEN               CHAUTAUQUA          ELK
         GREENWOOD           LABETTE             MONTGOMERY
         NEOSHO              WILSON              WOODSON

SYNOPSIS:
AT EARLY AFTERNOON...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS SITUATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF COLORADO AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE FRONT AND SUFFICIENT DAYTIME HEATING HAS HELPED
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  AS FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF
THE FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54. THESE TOO MAY BECOME
SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MAIN THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY EVEN
SOME WEAK TORNADOES.

OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS FROM THE WEST. THIS AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DRIFT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS JUST BEFORE DAWN.  ALTHOUGH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE MINOR FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS DUE TO HEAVY
RAINS.

SPOTTER ACDTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

BURGER/NOONAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	63 min
Jul 10, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	47 min
Jul 10, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
Jul 10, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	48 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	64 min
Jul 10, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	54 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	58 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	48 min
Jul 10, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.