Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1998, 9:44 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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 13, 1998, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Bern, KS | |
| Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Sabetha, 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, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804
WFUS1 KTOP 140245 RRA
TORTOP
KSC117-131-140330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
944 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 941 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SUMMERFIELD...OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BAILEYVILLE
SUMMERFIELD
BERN
SABETHA
ONEIDA
AXTELL
SENECA
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.
58The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 30 min |
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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.