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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

August 3, 1998Kingman County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1998, 12:14 PM CDT for Kingman County, Sedgwick 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
Aug 3, 1998, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1998, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kingman County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1998-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1927 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1998-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

581 
WFUS1 KICT 031714 RRA
TORICT
KSC095-173-031815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1214 PM CDT MON AUG 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
 
* AT 1213 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO JUST EAST
  OF MT VERNON OR 25 MILES WEST OF WICHITA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHNEY LAKE
  NORTH OF GARDEN PLAIN

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.

MARIEN
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner60 min
Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley54 min
Aug 3, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood24 min
Aug 3, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.