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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Wichita, KS

August 25, 1998Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 25, 1998, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1998, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
31 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 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1998-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1070 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 1998-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1070 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

622 
WFUS1 KICT 252110 RRA
TORICT
KSC095-252140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
409 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 440 PM CDT
 
* AT 408...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 35 WEST OF
  WICHITA...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.
 THE TORNADO IS LOCATED  AT HIGHWAY 14 AND 60TH AT 408 PM

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RAGO
  KINGMAN
  CLEVELAND

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.

CALAWAY
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley23 min
Aug 25, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
Aug 25, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner33 min
Aug 25, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick63 min
Aug 25, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman60 min
Aug 25, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno65 min
Aug 25, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.