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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS

June 29, 1998Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 9:42 PM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 29, 9:50 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Lebo, KS
Jun 29, 9:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Burlington, KS
Jun 29, 9:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	Burlington, KS
Jun 29, 10:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Burlington, 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, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 29, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 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.

428 
WFUS1 KTOP 300243 RRA
TORTOP
KSC003-031-300315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 942 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WAVERLY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR
     LEBO
     WAVERLY
     HARRIS
     WESTPHALIA
     BURLINGTON

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	49 min
Jun 29, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	36 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	32 min
Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	33 min
Jun 29, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Wabaunsee	48 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	29 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	50 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage	28 min
Jun 29, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	31 min
Jun 29, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	52 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	45 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	42 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage, Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 29, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris, Wabaunsee	39 min
Jun 29, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	46 min
Jun 29, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Anderson	43 min
Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage	28 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	50 min
Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	23 min
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	22 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.