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Tornado Watch 706

June 29, 199815 counties in Kansas; 45 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 29, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 45 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte57 min
Jun 29, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson36 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay47 min
Jun 29, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe49 min
Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee33 min
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson60 min
Jun 29, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee48 min
Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe33 min
Jun 29, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson50 min
Jun 29, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson39 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson29 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain49 min
Jun 29, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami59 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage28 min
Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson62 min
Jun 29, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe47 min
Jun 29, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson31 min
Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass40 min
Jun 29, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery48 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami45 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin45 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage42 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 29, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn54 min
Jun 29, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWarren47 min
Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMontgomery, Warren4 hr
Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Shelby4 hr
Jun 29, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson43 min
Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage28 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey33 min
Jun 29, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMacon, Randolph3 hr
Jun 29, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson44 min
Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey23 min
Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn47 min
Jun 29, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen66 min
Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade3 hr
Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone3 hr
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey22 min
Jun 29, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon65 min
Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates51 min
Jun 29, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon52 min
Jun 30, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1641 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Dickinson and 19 more5 hr
Jun 29, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 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.