Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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 20, 1998, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Seneca, KS | |
| Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Seneca, KS | |
| Jun 20, 5:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Seneca, KS | |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Frankfort, KS | |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Axtell, KS | |
| Jun 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Seneca, 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 20, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 2555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276
WFUS1 KTOP 202158 RRA
TORTOP
KSC117-131-202240-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 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 540 PM CDT
* AT 454 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
SUMMERFIELD...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BAILEYVILLE
SUMMERFIELD
BERN
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR 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 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 28 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.