Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 212
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 14, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT for 31 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri; 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1998, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 62 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Benton, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Coal, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kansas, 1998Tornado Watches in Missouri, 1998Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1998Every tornado 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.