Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 23, 1998, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 1998, 11:25 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1048 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1125 PM CDT

* AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  CONCORDIA
  HOLLIS
  CLYDE
  AGENDA
  WAYNE

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

PB

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 3:25 PM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

...MAIN PROBLEM TONIGHT IS ANY THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND BEYOND
THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF HEAT EXPECTED...

SOME WEAK CONVERGENCE NOTED EASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING BUT WITH
INCREASING LOW LEVEL FLOW...FEEL BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IS
ALONG NORTHERN/NORTHEASTERN BORDER CLOSER TO REAL FRONT. EVEN
THERE...FEEL CHCS ARE RATHER REMOTE BUT PRECIPITATION ALREADY IN THE
FORECAST THERE AND WILL NOT FLIP/FLOP ON LOW POPS.

BEYOND TONIGHT...DON'T SEE MUCH EXCITING BUT A PERSISTENT HOT WINDY
PATTERN. TEMPERATURES WARMING TO EXCESSIVE LEVELS AT H7 PER
ETA/SPM. THIS SHOULD EFFECTIVELY CAP ANY SFC BASED TSTM ACTIVITY OUR
AREA UNTIL EITHER SOME SGFNT SFC BASED BOUNDARY ENTERS THE PICTURE
OR SOME FEATURE ALOFT PROVIDES ENOUGH COOLING TO ERODE CAP.

NGM MOS SEEMS ABOUT 5 DEGREES TOO COOL ON DAYTIME HIGHS AND MAYBE A
FEW DEGREES TOO COOL AT NIGHT. WITH LOW LEVEL JET IN PLACE AT
NIGHT...PERHAPS NGM MOS THREE HOURLY TEMPERATURES BETTER INDICATOR
OF OVERNIGHT LOWS THAN ASSOCIATED MOS VALUES. WENT THAT DIRECTION IN
FORECAST.

.TOP...NONE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.