Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1998, 5:56 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 8 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 15, 1998, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1998, 6:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:11 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Douglass, KS | |
| May 15, 6:21 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Rose Hill, KS | |
| May 15, 6:21 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Augusta, KS | |
| May 15, 6:29 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Towanda, KS | |
| May 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | El Dorado, KS | |
| May 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Augusta, KS | Widespread tree damage, numerous power lines downed, two barns blown away, and a mobile home lost part of it's roof. |
| May 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | El Dorado, KS | Widespread damage to trees, power lines and mobile homes. |
| May 15, 6:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Cassoday, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 15, 2:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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KSZ052-067-068-082-083-091-092-151030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 456 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 346 HAS EXPIRED AT 5 AM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 346 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM HAS EXPIRED. COUNTIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: RENO HARVEY MARION KINGMAN SEDGWICK HARPER SUMNER THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS ENDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:42 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-O67>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-151115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 542 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ACTIVATING OUR SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK. A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS. THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 146.94 MHZ. SECONDARY FREQUENCIES ARE ALSO BEING MONITORED ON 146.82 AND 145.13 MHZ. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 63 min |
| May 15, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell, Saline | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 64 min |
| May 15, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
| May 15, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 65 min |
| May 15, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 15, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 15, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.