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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2000Labette County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2000, 6:59 PM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
Jun 4, 2000, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Labette County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:10 PM CDTTornado F0Oswego, KSA brief touchdown 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 050002
TORICT
KSC099-050100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
659 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 659 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 
  ROPE TORNADOES JUST SOUTH OF PARSONS...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF   
  PITTSBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE
  NEAR LABETTE AROUND 720 PM CDT...
  NEAR OSWEGO AROUND 735 PM CDT...

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND
SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPEATING...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LABETTE COUNdTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3737 9509 3735 9522 3710 9520 3709 9509

HYSELL
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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.