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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2000, 7:34 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Long Is, KS | |
| Jun 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stockton, KS | |
| Jun 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Webster, KS | Brief touchdown with no damage. |
| Jun 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Woodston, KS | |
| Jun 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Agra, 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, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139 WFUS53 KGID 300034 TORGRI KSC147-163-300100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 734 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF LOGAN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WEBSTER STATE PARK AT 800 PM CDT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ KD & LAT...LON 3971 9955 3964 9976 3930 9958 3932 9933 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 51 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.