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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Topeka, KS

June 29, 19984 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 8:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDTTornado F0Scranton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2102 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
20.8

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The text

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

026 
WFUS1 KTOP 300150 RRA
TORTOP
KSC003-031-059-139-300230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     NORTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF MELVERN...OR
  ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER
  HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     QUENEMO
     MELVERN
     WILLIAMSBURG
     OLIVET
     WAVERLY
     HARRIS
     GARNETT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
Jun 29, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson36 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie32 min
Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee33 min
Jun 29, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee48 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson29 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley50 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage28 min
Jun 29, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson31 min
Jun 29, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson52 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin45 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 29, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee39 min
Jun 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon46 min
Jun 29, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson43 min
Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage28 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey33 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon50 min
Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey23 min
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey22 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.