Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 213
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 14, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas; 37 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1998, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Newton | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Vernon | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Polk | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 3:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 63 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 25 more | 6 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 Missouri, 1998Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1998Tornado Watches in Kansas, 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.