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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

March 7, 2000Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 9:03 PM CST for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2000, 9:03 PM CST (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2000, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 9:10 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Wichita, KS	Several power lines blown down at Lake Afton left approximately 6,000 residents in Cheney, Clearwater, Garden Plain, and parts of Goddard without power. In addition to law enforcement officials, reports were also received from area newspapers.
Mar 7, 9:13 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 70 E	Wichita, KS	Roof blown off the Osco building.
Mar 7, 9:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 78 E	Andale, KS	A barn and a garage were destroyed.
Mar 7, 9:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 M	Park City, KS
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 55 M	Wichita, KS	Occurred at Jabara Airport.
Mar 7, 9:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 65 E	Wichita, KS	Several large road signs were blown down.

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
Mar 7, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 080305
SVRICT
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
903 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

* AT 903 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ANDALE TO 3 
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF GODDARD TO NEAR CLEARWATER...OR ALONG A LINE 
  EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES WEST OF WICHITA TO 11 MILES WEST OF 
  WICHITA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  NEAR COLWICH AROUND 915 PM CST...
  NEAR HAYSVILLE AROUND 920 PM CST...
  NEAR MAIZE AROUND 925 PM CST...
  NEAR BENTLEY AROUND 930 PM CST...
  NEAR MCCONNELL AFB AROUND 935 PM CST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3782 9769 3760 9756 3746 9746 3760 9719
       9   3781 9731 3792 9746

URBAN

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	43 min
Mar 7, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	57 min
Mar 7, 9:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.