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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 11:55 PM CDT for Labette County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 19, 2000, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Parsons Tri City Arpt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 200457 SVRICT KSC099-133-200545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1155 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. * AT 1155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF GALESBURG TO COFFEYVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. *SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ANGOLA... EDNA... BARTLETT... ALTAMONT... LABETTE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. 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 NEOSHO AND LABETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3769 9547 3704 9550 3702 9510 3773 9510 DARMOFAL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 52 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.