Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1998, 2:51 AM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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 23, 1998, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1998, 3:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ottawa, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1688 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 2:40 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:40 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 950 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1998 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 643 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT... KSC027-029-089-123-141-143-147-157-163-183-201-230900- ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY CLOUD JEWELL MITCHELL OSBORNE OTTAWA PHILLIPS REPUBLIC ROOKS SMITH WASHINGTON KSC013-085-087-117-131-149-161-230900- ...NORTHEAST... BROWN JACKSON JEFFERSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY KSC003-017-031-045-059-061-111-127-139-177-197-230900- ...EAST CENTRAL... ANDERSON CHASE COFFEY DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE PB
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 950 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1998 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 643 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT... KSC027-029-089-123-141-143-147-157-163-183-201-230900- ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY CLOUD JEWELL MITCHELL OSBORNE OTTAWA PHILLIPS REPUBLIC ROOKS SMITH WASHINGTON KSC013-085-087-117-131-149-161-230900- ...NORTHEAST... BROWN JACKSON JEFFERSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY KSC003-017-031-045-059-061-111-127-139-177-197-230900- ...EAST CENTRAL... ANDERSON CHASE COFFEY DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE PB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 33 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.