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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Topeka, KS

June 27, 1998Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 9:58 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 27, 1998, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 10:10 PM CDTTornado F0Hanover, KS
Jun 27, 10:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindHanover, 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

565 
WFUS1 KTOP 280259 RRA
TORTOP
KSC201-280330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
958 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 953 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HOLLENBURG...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     HOLLENBURG

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall30 min
Jun 27, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington43 min
Jun 27, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Washington69 min
Jun 27, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Washington45 min
Jun 28, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington65 min
Jun 28, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington75 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.