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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

October 16, 1998Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1998, 9:38 PM CDT for Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
Oct 16, 1998, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 1998, 10:05 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 16, 9:43 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Pomona, KSStrong winds downed trees and a power line in Pomona. A garage was blown off its foundation.

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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1998-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
512 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 170238 RRA
TORTOP
KSC059-139-170305-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
938 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1005 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     WELLSVILLE
     POMONA
     RANTOUL
     PRINCETON
     WILLIAMSBURG
     LANE
     OTTAWA

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha34 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.