Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 10, 1998, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, 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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
848 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CLINTON TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY FALLS...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCE TO 13 MILES WEST OF       
  LAWRENCE TO 24 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS       
  MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     CLINTON LAKE
     PERRY LAKE
     LECOMPTON
     BALDWIN CITY
     POMONA
     GARNETT
     OSKALOOSA
     LAWRENCE
     OTTAWA

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
350 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998

...MAIN CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AND
HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

OUTFLOW FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE KEPT WARM FRONT STALLED
GENERALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 OVER CWA AT 20Z.  ADAP SHOWING STRONG
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG AND SOUTH OF BOUNDARY AND LITTLE OR NOW
CAP ALSO AS OF 20Z.  THUS SHORT TERM PROBLEM IS IF THIS WILL FIRE.
FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS GOING MORE WITH NGM/AVN SOLUTION WHICH WOULD
HAVE SHORT WAVE COMING OUT OF SOUTHWEST STATES PUSHING NORTHEAST INTO
WESTERN KANSAS.  Q-VECTOR SUPPORT INCREASING AFTER 06Z OVER CWA THEN
DECREASING BY 18Z.  ALL MODELS HANDLING SHORT WAVE ENERGY A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY BUT NGM/AVN CLOSE SO HAVE FOLLOWED THESE.  KEPT LIKELY
POPS OVERNIGHT AND 50 PERCENT FOR MAINLY THE MORNING HOURS ON
THURSDAY.  GIVEN GOING TEMPS AND EXPECTED CONVECTION-COOLED AIR WILL
GO A CATEGORY BELOW GUID ON LOWS TONIGHT AND NEAR FWC GUIDANCE OF HIGHS
THURSDAY.

WITH FLOW GOING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THURSDAY EXPECT SOME DRYING TREND
AND WILL KEEP THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY DRY.  AGAIN FAVORING MORE A
NGM SOLUTION AND LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 60S LOOK FINE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT
WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S ON FRIDAY.  ETA WOULD PUSH A FRONT
INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA AND LOWERS TEMPS.

.TOP...NONE

FRANTZ

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.