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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

April 14, 2000Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2000, 6:09 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 14, 2000, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2000, 6:55 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Norton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Norton, 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

343 
WUUS53 KGLD 142311
SVRGLD
KSC137-142355-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
609 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 655 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...NORTON.

AT 608 PM CDT THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS 6 MILES 
WEST OF NORTON. 

HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE A BUILDING 
IMEEDIATELY.

MENTZER

$$

MENTZER

LAT...LON 3994 10010 3979 9998 4005 9937 4026 9955

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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.