Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 573
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 14, 1998, 1:15 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1998, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties
Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Adams County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Livingston | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Worth | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 49 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WWUS9 KMKC 140551 SEL3 MKC WW 140551 NEZ000-IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-141200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 573 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1251 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTHERN IOWA NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHERN MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 571. WATCH NUMBER 571 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 115 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 572... DISCUSSION...GOOD POTENTIAL FOR BOWS/DERECHOES WITH LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS MORNING ACROSS WATCH AREA. SHEAR EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS /50 KT SLY 850 MB FLOW VEERING TO 60 KT WSW FLOW AT 500 MB/...AND INSTABILITY/LARGE SCALE LIFT SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27535. ...CORFIDI 414,0983 403,0913 385,0913 395,0983
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Iron and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.