Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 1998

Tornado Watch 629

June 20, 199810 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 20, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell 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, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth43 min
Jun 20, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas31 min
Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte36 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte48 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson48 min
Jun 20, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte47 min
Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami35 min
Jun 20, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth38 min
Jun 20, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass47 min
Jun 20, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson40 min
Jun 20, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1998-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4942 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 1998-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 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
4942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
13.7
Supercell composite
52.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 20 more6 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.