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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2000Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2000, 5:46 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
May 1, 2000, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Chase County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 5:55 PM CDTTornado F0Saffordville, KSRemained in open country.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 012249
TORICT
KSC017-012315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
546 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 545 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST 
NORTH OF SAFFORDVILLE OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS. THE 
TORNADO DEVELOPED FROM A COLD AIR FUNNEL THAT WAS MOVING NORTH 
AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

*SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  STRONG CITY...
  SAFFORDVILLE...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY 
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHASE COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3836 9672 3824 9655 3839 9634 3852 9650

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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.