Tornado Warning 40, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 9:55 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Osage 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.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 955 PM CDT

* AT 921 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSAGE
  CITY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35  
  MILES PER HOUR. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REPORTED A TORNADO 
  1/2 MILE EAST OF SCRANTON MOVING EAST.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     MELVERN LAKE
     POMONA LAKE
     OSAGE CITY
     QUENEMO
     MELVERN
     OLIVET
     LYNDON

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.

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.