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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS

June 28, 1998Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1998, 9:56 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 1998, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 1998, 10:55 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 28, 10:05 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Assaria, KS	Extensive damage to 15 vehicles and houses sustained major roof damage and broken windows in a 3-mile wide area from near Smolan southeast to Assaria.
Jun 28, 10:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Assaria, KS	Numerous power lines and power poles blown down, a shed blown over, and widespread roof damage.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 18.3
Supercell composite: 82.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

138 
WFUS1 KICT 290255 RRA
TORICT
KSC169-290355-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
956 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1055 PM CDT
 
* AT 954 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ASSARIA
  MENTOR

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

OGREN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	63 min
Jun 28, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	64 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.