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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Hastings, NE

July 20, 2000Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2000, 7:13 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2000, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1425 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

110 
WFUS53 KGID 210013
TORGRI
KSC147-210100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
713 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER WOODRUFF...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PHILLIPSBURG AT 730 PM CDT
  GLADE AT 740 PM CDT
  AGRA AT 745 PM CDT
  KIRWIN AT 755 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME...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.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith50 min
Jul 20, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips63 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.