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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1998Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 6:49 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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 13, 1998, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1998, 7:20 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Republic County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Belleville, 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 13, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

603 
WFUS1 KTOP 132350 RRA
TORTOP
KSC157-140020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
649 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 720 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF
  MUNDEN...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     NARKA
     MUNDEN

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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

58

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	30 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	34 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	33 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	31 min

Nearby

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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.