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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Topeka, KS

August 3, 1998Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1998, 3:05 AM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 3, 1998, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 1998, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 2, 2:40 PM CDT, 12 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:40 PM CDT, 12 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	33 min
Aug 3, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	45 min
Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	31 min
Aug 3, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	31 min
Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	37 min
Aug 3, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	36 min
Aug 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.