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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 849

September 28, 199820 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 28, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison44 min
Sep 28, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates36 min
Sep 29, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon54 min
Sep 29, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie30 min
Sep 29, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth53 min
Sep 29, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson33 min
Sep 29, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson36 min
Sep 29, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Sep 29, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee33 min
Sep 29, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair65 min
Sep 29, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon46 min
Sep 29, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte40 min
Sep 29, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth45 min
Sep 29, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage64 min
Sep 29, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee64 min
Sep 29, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon49 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 38 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 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.