Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 8:24 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 29, 2000, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Codell, KS | |
| Jun 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Natoma, 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 | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WUUS53 KGID 300128 COR SVRGRI KSC141-163-300215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED TO REPLACE TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 827 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CODELL...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NATOMA AT 835 PM CDT PEOPLE IN OSBORNE AND ROOKS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE SHELTER IN YOUR BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM. $$ KD LAT...LON 3913 9959 3914 9852 3955 9851 3955 9959 NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 155 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 QUESTION IS EXTENT OF TSTMS TONIGHT RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS TSTMS OCCURRING ATTM IN NC/NW NEBRASKA ASSOCIATED WITH PROMINENT H7 WAVE CURRENTLY EVIDENT FROM PROFILERS/WV IMAGERY IN EASTERN WY. H85/H3 THICKNESS AND STEERING WINDS TAKE THIS PCPN AREA SOUTHEAST THROUGH NEB LATER THIS AFTN/EVENING. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DPS IN THE 50S ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH DPS HANGING BACK IN THE MID/UPPER 40S IN CENTRAL NEB. LAPS DATA INDICATES HIGHEST CAPES OF 1400 J/KG IN SW NEB. XPCT TSTMS TO ALSO DEVELOP IN HIGH PLAINS AS AFTN WEARS ON NR DRY LINE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO BETTER MOISTURE. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS...OR WORD AS SCATTERED/CATEGORIAL IN WESTERN CWA DEPENDING ON RADAR PICTURE AT ZONE TIME. WESTERN TIER ZONES ALSO COVERED IN SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 7 PM. WILL CARRY 50 PCNT POPS IN EASTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT...UNLESS RADAR INDICATES OTHERWISE. BEYOND TONIGHT...FCST REVOLVES AROUND TEMPS. HGHT RISES WITH BUILDING UPPER RIDGE...WITH UPPER NW FLOW. SFC FLOW FRIDAY WEAK WITH LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECMG SOUTHEAST. WESTERN CWA MAY SEE UPPER 80S IN DRIER AIR AND OVERALL WILL RANGE HIGHS 88-83 WEST TO EAST. WILL KEEP FCST DRY VS SLGHT POPS AS MOISTURE/INSTABILITY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT LOW/MID 60S. UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD SATURDAY AND H85 TEMPS INCREASE TO 25-30C. TIGHT SFC GRADIENT ACROSS KANSAS AND WILL MENTION EITHER BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE WARM DAY WITH HIGHS 90-95 ATTM...WHICH MAY BE CONSERVATIVE. IN THE EXTENDED...60HR PROGS SHOW SHORTWAVE POISED TO MOVE THRU AREA SAT NIGHT WITH EXTENDED MODELS ADVANCING ANOTHER WAVE SUNDAY NIGHT. CAP STRENGTHENS WITH BUILDING RIDGE BUT FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE TSTM CHANCES DURING THESE TIME FRAMES AND REFINE IN LATER FCSTS. LOWS GENERALLY 65-70...HIGHS 90S. .GID...NONE. FAY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
621 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0554 PM 5 W ELWOOD NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 GOSPER
0600 PM 5 W ELWOOD NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00 GOSPERLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
638 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 4 E ARAPAHOE NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 FURNAS
0630 PM 4 E ARAPAHOE NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00 FURNASLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
657 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 4 W BEAVER CITY NE 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00 FURNASSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ060-072-082-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 707 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 513 THAT INCLUDED DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXPIRED AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS BY 730 PM. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 10 PM...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAD ENDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SCHURR
Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
748 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM 1 N LONG IS KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 PHILLIPS
0720 PM 1 N LONG IS KS 100 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00 PHILLIPS
0725 PM 5 W LONG IS KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/00 PHILLIPS
0735 PM 1 W LONG IS KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 PHILLIPSLocal storm report, Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
806 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 10 NW STOCKTON KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 ROOKS
0802 PM 1 N WEBSTER KS TORNADO
06/29/00 ROOKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 46 min |
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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.