Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 708
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 29, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties
Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 22 min |
| Jun 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 73 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179
WWUS9 KMKC 300203 COR
SEL8
MKC WW 300203 COR
KSZ000-300700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 708...CORRECTION TO EAST END POINT
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
903 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 25
MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE KANSAS.
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 702. WATCH NUMBER 702 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 930 PM
CDT. CONTINUE...WW 703...WW 704...WW 705...WW 706...WW 707...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING WESTWARD ALONG FRONTAL
BOUNDARY INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS
FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL INTENSIFICATION. AIR MASS OVER THE AREA
REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH CAPE OF 3000-3500 J/KG. VAD AND
PROFILER DATA SHOW 30-40 KT WINDS IN THE LOW/MID LEVELS AND STRONG
VEERING WITH HEIGHT SUGGESTING CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 580.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...WEISS
384,0983 385,0953 370,0952 365,0982SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Douglas, Franklin and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho | 5 hr |
Nearby
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.