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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Topeka, KS

October 4, 1998Lyon County, Osage County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1998, 5:22 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
Oct 4, 1998, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1998, 6:10 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 4, 5:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Burlingame, KS
Oct 4, 6:12 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Quenemo, 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
Oct 4, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 4, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1998-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1998-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

301 
WFUS1 KTOP 042221 RRA
TORTOP
KSC111-139-197-042310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
522 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 610 PM CDT

* AT 522PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  HARVEYVILLE
  ADMIRE
  BURLINGAME
  SCRANTON



GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary30 min
Oct 4, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley30 min
Oct 4, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Marshall, Riley, Washington33 min
Oct 4, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPAnderson30 min
Oct 4, 12:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey3 hr
Oct 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin30 min
Oct 4, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin3 hr
Oct 4, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic42 min
Oct 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud45 min
Oct 4, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee64 min
Oct 4, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic34 min
Oct 4, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee4 hr
Oct 4, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMorris4 hr
Oct 4, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage4 hr
Oct 4, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon4 hr
Oct 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee63 min
Oct 4, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage66 min
Oct 4, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson65 min
Oct 4, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee3 hr
Oct 4, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee49 min

Nearby

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

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.