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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS

June 27, 1998Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT for Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 27, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 280445
TORTOP
KSC117-201-280530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
     SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1142 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF SEVERE
     THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
     VERMILLION TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERVILLE TO 4 MILES WEST
     OF GREENLEAF...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF
     MARYSVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE TO 23 MILES
     WEST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     GREENLEAF
     VERMILLION
     BARNES
     FRANKFORT
     WATERVILLE
     BLUE RAPIDS
     LINN

RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STORM ROTATION IN SEVERAL AREAS...INCLUDING
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF 
MARYSVILLE.

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

SW/DLR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington32 min
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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.