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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

June 8, 1998Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1998, 5:44 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1998, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1998, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 1998-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 1998-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 082244 RRA
TORICT
KSC019-049-082345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
544 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
 
* AT 542 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF GRANOLA...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS
  CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG
  THE ELK-CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BORDER.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
  PRODUCING TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.

* THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GRANOLA
  MOLINE
  ELK FALLS
  LONGTON

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

WOLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell59 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper65 min
Jun 8, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth64 min
Jun 8, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln48 min
Jun 8, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
Jun 8, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner62 min
Jun 8, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln40 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice48 min
Jun 8, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson61 min
Jun 8, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey60 min
Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley64 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner60 min
Jun 8, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno44 min
Jun 8, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson60 min
Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler64 min
Jun 8, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey62 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion61 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley65 min
Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler60 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase61 min
Jun 8, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.