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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO

June 22, 1998Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 12:24 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 22, 1998, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1998, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Bourbon County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1942 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

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

063 
WUUS1 KSGF 220525 RRA
SVRSGF
KSC011-220615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1224 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1221 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE
  OF NICKLES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 WEST OF UNIONTOWN TO JUST 5
  MILES NORTHWEST OF XENIA AND
  WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM(S) WILL BE NEAR...
  UNIONTOWN AND XENIA BY 1233 AM
  MAPLETON THROUGH REDFIELD LINE THROUGH 1240 AM
  FULTON TO FT SCOTT BY 1250 AM

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL...THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED NOTICE.  SEEK SHELTER NOW...AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

SCHMIDT/GORDON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.