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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 697

June 29, 19984 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 29, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 78 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Lee County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE

Warnings issued inside it

8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Washington4 hr
Jun 29, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Ray49 min
Jun 29, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte24 min
Jun 29, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte39 min
Jun 29, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson38 min
Jun 29, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette46 min
Jun 29, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy2 hr
Jun 29, 5:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7536 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
7536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
18.3
Supercell composite
82.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 35 more6 hr
Jun 29, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 55 more4 hr
Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClinton, Jackson, Scott6 hr
Jun 29, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Mills6 hr
Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 31 more6 hr
Jun 28, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 29 more6 hr
Jun 29, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Saint Louis, Scott, City of Saint Louis6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.