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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2000, 6:57 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 10, 2000, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Russell, KS | Trees uprooted. |
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 102357 SVRICT KSC167-110030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 657 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS EXTENDING A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL ARPT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 730 PM CDT... DORRANCE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED $FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3880 9894 3868 9877 3886 9851 3901 9870 OMITT 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 10, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 343 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2000 MAIN FCST PROBLEM IS PRECIP CHCS THROUGH 48 HRS. MODELS SEEMED TO INITIALIZE OK WITH 12Z ANALYSIS. THEY ARE ALSO IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH MAIN FEATURES. LOOKS LIKE CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER MODELS BRING IN MORE PRECIP UNDER THE RIDGE THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE ACROSS NEBRASKA ONCE AGAIN. CORFIDI VECTORS INDICATE MOVEMENT WOULD BE TO THE EAST THEN SOUTHEAST. WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS FOR CEN SECTIONS AND TENTATIVELY CONTINUE DRY/MSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR TONIGHT. WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHC TOMORROW FOR TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG BOUNDARY WHICH COULD SET UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. NGM/FWC GIVE 20-40 POPS ACROSS THE FCST AREA. THE OTHER MODELS KEEP POPS FAIRLY LOW. WILL LEAVE 20 POPS IN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AS RIDGE RETROGRADES EVEN MORE LEAVING FCST AREA MORE IN NW FLOW AND A BETTER CHC FOR AN MCS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WILL TWEAK LOWS UP SLIGHTLY TO GO WITH PERSISTANCE. HIGHS WILL BE A BIT TRICKY WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS, AND SOUTHERLY WINDS RATHER THAN SOUTHWESTERLY. WILL LOWER FCST HIGHS SLIGHTLY. EXTENDED STILL LOOKS ON TRACK WITH BROAD RIDGE OVER THE AREA. THANKS TOP FOR COORD. FCSTID = 7/NRR ICT 75 96 73 98 / 10 20 20 10 HUT 74 95 73 99 / 10 20 20 10 EWK 75 96 73 98 / 10 20 20 10 EQA 74 96 73 98 / 10 20 20 10 WLD 75 96 73 98 / 10 20 20 10 RSL 73 94 72 98 / 20 20 20 10 GBD 73 94 72 98 / 20 20 20 10 SLN 74 95 72 97 / 20 20 20 10 MPR 74 95 72 97 / 20 20 20 10 CFV 74 93 73 95 / 10 20 20 10 CNU 74 93 73 95 / 10 20 20 10 K88 74 93 73 95 / 10 20 20 10 .ICT...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 41 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.