Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1998, 7:34 PM CDT for Jackson County, Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1998, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Topeka, KS | |
| Jun 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Topeka, KS | |
| Jun 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Rock Creek, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 19.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS1 KTOP 110035 RRA
TORTOP
KSC085-087-177-110105-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 805 PM CDT
* AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF MERIDEN...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
PERRY LAKE
OZAWKIE
MERIDEN
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
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Sources
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.