Tornado Warning 31, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 27, 1998, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, 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.

919 
WFUS1 KTOP 280352 RRA
TORTOP
KSC117-201-280500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1051 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
     NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1045 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HOLLENBURG...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     WASHINGTON
     HOLLENBURG
     SUMMERFIELD
     OKETO
     HANOVER
     BEATTIE
     MARYSVILLE

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

DLR

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 27, 3:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
310 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

...TEMPERATURES WITH PCPN IN LATR PDS CONCERN TDA...

PERSISTENCE HAS WORKED WELL THE LAST FEW DAYS SO SEE NO REASON TO
ALTER STRATEGY...WILL CONT HEAT ADV INTO SUNDAY, BUT WITH FRONT
POSSIBLY SLIPPING INTO NERN KS MON AFTN WILL HOLD OFF ON EXTDG HEAT
ADV INTO MON.

WILL ALSO CONT WITH SMALL CHC OF PCPN OVER CWA SUN NGT AND MON PER
GOING FCSTS. PCPN (MCS) OVER ERN NEB/IA MAY VEER OFF COURSE AND STRAY
INTO CWA SUN NGT...SLIGHTLY BETR CHC MON AFTN AS FNT MOVES CLOSER.

SOME MINOR CONCERN TNGT ON PCPN CHCS WITH MONUMENTAL DEW PTS, CAPES
AND VERY VERY UNSTABLE AMS OVER RGN. SOME QPF DISCNS HAVE TAIL END OF
PCPN AREA ALNG KS/NE/MO BRDR REGN OVRNGT ALSO. THIS SCENARIO PSBL,
HOWEVER APPEARS CAP SHOULD HOLD AND WIL CONT WITH PERSISTENCE AND
DRY FCST. PER SATL LOOPS BEST CU FIELD DVLPG AGAIN OVER NEB/IA. IN
ADDITION BOUNDARY OVER WRN KS STNRY AND SHUvD HOLD THIS POSTN NEXT 24
HRS NOT GIVING MUCH FORCING/CONVERGNC OVER AREA.

.TOP...HEAT ADVISORY INTO SUNDAY FOR ENTIRE CWA.

MA

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