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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

June 29, 1998Jackson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 6:21 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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 29, 1998, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1998, 6:50 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 29, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Mayetta, KS
Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayetta, KS
Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoyt, 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 29, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 26.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 292321 RRA
TORTOP
KSC085-292350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
621 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 650 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF DELIA...OR
  ABOUT 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES PER
  HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     DENISON
     MAYETTA
     HOYT
     DELIA

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.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	31 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	47 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	46 min
Jun 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	26 min
Jun 28, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary	48 min
Jun 28, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	64 min
Jun 28, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	61 min
Jun 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary	48 min
Jun 28, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	30 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	64 min
Jun 28, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	49 min
Jun 28, 10:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	3 hr
Jun 28, 10:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
Jun 28, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	47 min
Jun 28, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Riley	37 min
Jun 29, 1:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	4 hr
Jun 29, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	29 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	28 min
Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	31 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	33 min
Jun 29, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	48 min
Jun 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	47 min
Jun 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	42 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.