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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wichita, KS

June 13, 2000Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1100 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 140016
SVRICT
KSC191-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
715 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY MAY BECOME SEVERE.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 800 PM CDT..
  BELLE PLAINE...

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

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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 SUMNER
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LONx 3730 9746 3717 9729 3726 9719 3749 9720

WOLF

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion31 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman43 min
Jun 13, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler54 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley52 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase25 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman58 min
Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick57 min
Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner53 min
Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood59 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson57 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick60 min
Jun 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner31 min
Jun 13, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
Jun 14, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley60 min
Jun 14, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk64 min
Jun 14, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.