Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Mar 29, 1998, 7:50 PM CST (01:50 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1998, 8:15 PM CST

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
750 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1998

 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

 * UNTIL 815 PM CST

 * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     ADA
     DELPHOS
     BENNINGTON
     TESCOTT
     CULVER
     MINNEAPOLIS

 * AT 749 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 41 MILES WEST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
   80 MILES PER HOUR.

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

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60
MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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

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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 3:34 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
334 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1998

PRECIP AND TEMPS MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS THROUGH TUESDAY.

20Z SURFACE AND SATELLITE PICTURES WERE SHOWING DRYLINE INTO CENTRAL
KANSAS NEAR KCNK.  CU FIELD WAS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE OVER KANSAS
HOWEVER CU POPPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS SUGGESTS COLDER AIR ALOFT WAS
WORKING INTO THE AREA.  AIRMASS IS QUITE UNSTABLE EAST OF THE DRYLINE
AS ADAP SHOWS -8 TO -10 LIFTED INDICES OVER THE CWA.  THINK SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE THIS EVENING AS MID LEVELS COOL DOWN A BIT
BUT EXACT LOCATION OF DRYLINE DURING INITIAL CONVECTION IS UNCERTAIN.

BEYOND THE SHORT TERM AVN AND ETA WERE GENERALLY SIMILAR BUT SOME OF
THE FINER DETAILS WERE HANDLED BETTER INITIALLY BY THE AVN...THUS
WILL FOLLOW AN AVN/ETA MIX AND LEAN TOWARD THE AVN.  OVERNIGHT
SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH ELONGATES FROM WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
AS CURRENT SURFACE LOW IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LIFTS NORTHEAST.  SECOND
LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IN RESPONSE TO VORT
LOBE SWINGING THROUGH NM.  THIS SETS UP A BOUNDARY ACROSS THROUGH
SOUTHCENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS ON MONDAY.  BEST LIFT IS NOTED IN
THE WARM ADVECTION AREA OVER EASTERN OK/AR INTO SOUTHEAST KS/
SOUTHWEST MO.  THUS WILL TAPER POPS FROM LIKELY IN SOUTHEAST CWA TO
CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST.  COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS SET UP NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND MORE CLOUD COVER.

AS VORT LOBE AND SURFACE LOW SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT RAIN
CHANCES BEST IN THE NORTHERN CWA WHERE BETTER MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE
AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE MAXIMIZED.  SURFACE COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES
SO TEMPERATURES NEAR FAN NUMBERS LOOK GOOD.  AS SYSTEMS LIFTS OUT ON
TUESDAY LINGERING SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE UNDER COLD POOL ALOFT WITH
THE BEST CHANCES IN THE NORTHEAST.  CLOUDS AND COLD ADVECTION WILL
NOT HELP WARM THINGS UP...FAN NUMBERS PROBABLY A BIT WARM.

.TOP...NONE.

SD

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.