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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

June 10, 19984 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1998, 6:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 10, 1998, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:11 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Rossville, KS
Jun 10, 7:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Topeka, 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 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-312 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

717 
WFUS1 KTOP 102355 RRA
TORTOP
KSC085-149-177-197-110025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
653 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA KS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ST MARYS...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
     DELIA
     ST MARYS
     ROSSVILLE
     SILVER LAKE
     WILLARD

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 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
Jun 10, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic32 min
Jun 10, 7:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic, Washington30 min
Jun 10, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington46 min
Jun 10, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall57 min
Jun 10, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha62 min
Jun 10, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha61 min
Jun 10, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley29 min
Jun 10, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley60 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie31 min
Jun 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee29 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.