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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

March 30, 1998Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1998, 12:13 AM CST for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1998, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1998, 12:45 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 29, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1998-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 803 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 1998-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 300619 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC029-300645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1213 AM CST MON MAR 30 1998

 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     EASTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

 * UNTIL 1245 AM CST

 * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     CLYDE
     AURORA
     MILTONVALE

 * AT 1210 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 40
   MILES PER HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLrY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO 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
Mar 29, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa25 min
Mar 29, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa36 min
Mar 29, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa25 min
Mar 29, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay34 min
Mar 29, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington28 min
Mar 29, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall30 min
Mar 29, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa26 min
Mar 29, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud29 min
Mar 29, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington22 min
Mar 30, 10:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha30 min
Mar 30, 12:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee29 min
Mar 30, 12:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson23 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson31 min
Mar 30, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage35 min
Mar 30, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson35 min
Mar 30, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.