Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 21, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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.
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Meade | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 15 min |
| Jul 22, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 61 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWUS9 KMKC 220247 SEL8 MKC WW 220236 KSZ000-220800- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 608 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 936 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL 300 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 606...WW 607... DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SEWD INTO WRN KS WHERE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS REMAIN. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT ORGNANIZED SEVERE MCS TO PROPAGAGE SEWD ACROSS WRN KS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 33030. ...HALES 400,0985 365,0981 365,1005 400,1013
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 4 more | 5 hr |
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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.