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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1998Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 13, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

680 
WFUS1 KTOP 140000 RRA
TORTOP
KSC201-140030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 654 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER MAHASKA...OR ABOUT 34
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     HOLLENBURG
     MAHASKA
     HANOVER

SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM OVER 
REPUBLIC COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris30 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee34 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee33 min
Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.