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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2000Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 7:58 PM CDT for Labette 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2000, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Labette County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 497 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

318 
WUUS53 KICT 050059
SVRICT
KSC099-050145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
758 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OSWEGO...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  PITTSBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR CHETOPA AROUND 835 PM CDT...

THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED 
AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SMALL HAIL 
JUST NORTH OF OSWEGO.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LABETTE
COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3722 9508 3720 9515 3700 9514 3700 9507

HYSELL

NNNN

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.