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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 570

July 10, 200014 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 10, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Washington County, KS, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Saline County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln55 min
Jul 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell61 min
Jul 10, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln52 min
Jul 10, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne31 min
Jul 10, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne16 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1890 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.