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Tornado Watch 176

April 19, 200016 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 19, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery27 min
Apr 19, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb67 min
Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton59 min
Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin31 min
Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery35 min
Apr 19, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho41 min
Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette46 min
Apr 19, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford57 min
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson38 min
Apr 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison61 min
Apr 19, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass56 min
Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho20 min
Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson39 min
Apr 19, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBourbon60 min
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette54 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCrawford64 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam, Sullivan64 min
Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn39 min
Apr 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan46 min
Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Saline56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2000-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1677 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 2000-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
1677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 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.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Barry, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Christian and 41 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2000Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2000Every tornado watch 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.