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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

June 22, 1998Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 3:55 AM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 22, 1998, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1998, 4:25 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Morris County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 3:57 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Wilsey, KS
Jun 22, 4:04 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Council Grove, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1998-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2050 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 1998-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
2050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

034 
WUUS1 KTOP 220857 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC127-220925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
355 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 425 AM CDT

* AT 353 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LATIMER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     WHITE CITY
     PARKERVILLE
     LATIMER
     WILSEY
     BURDICK
     COUNCIL GROVE

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon60 min
Jun 21, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson45 min
Jun 21, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin46 min
Jun 21, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley42 min
Jun 22, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin45 min
Jun 22, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson29 min
Jun 22, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris21 min
Jun 22, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee40 min
Jun 22, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage52 min
Jun 22, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson44 min
Jun 22, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa31 min
Jun 22, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay27 min
Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey30 min
Jun 22, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic30 min
Jun 22, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa30 min
Jun 22, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey61 min
Jun 22, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson41 min
Jun 22, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee26 min
Jun 22, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.