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Tornado Watch 441

June 13, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 13, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 78 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie43 min
Jun 13, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saunders32 min
Jun 13, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison62 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury25 min
Jun 13, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Sarpy33 min
Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie45 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson32 min
Jun 13, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe27 min
Jun 13, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington24 min
Jun 13, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward36 min
Jun 13, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills28 min
Jun 13, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby40 min
Jun 13, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall32 min
Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont45 min
Jun 13, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee39 min
Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury2 hr
Jun 13, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass47 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills30 min
Jun 13, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln26 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa35 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Saunders32 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSarpy32 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie34 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Page34 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth62 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha32 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln45 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson42 min
Jun 13, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington33 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Sarpy31 min
Jun 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass26 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery23 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice53 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline66 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie46 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice35 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Washington35 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa30 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington30 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee60 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson60 min
Jun 13, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams, Cass44 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery37 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth64 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha34 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison54 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice30 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary30 min
Jun 13, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Page57 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline66 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams35 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee35 min
Jun 13, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha33 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXMills4 hr
Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster35 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie32 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice30 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson52 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Jun 13, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie57 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Story41 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion50 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice34 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee33 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie32 min
Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson43 min
Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison56 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown35 min
Jun 13, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee48 min
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan55 min
Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee34 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson31 min
Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson28 min
Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion31 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee28 min
Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee32 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1552 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 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
1552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

300 
WWUS9 KMKC 131830
SEL1  

SEL1  
MKC WW 131830
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-CWZ000-140100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 441
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WESTERN IOWA                               
   NORTHEAST KANSAS                             
   NORTHWEST MISSOURI                           
   EASTERN NEBRASKA                           
  
              

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SALINA KANSAS TO 65
MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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 439...WW 440...

DISCUSSION...RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
ALONG AND AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT ERN NEB INTO CENTRAL KS.  VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH CAPES TO 4000 J/KG COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE
VEERING SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORTS SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.  


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES

423,0933 381,0955 381,0985 423,0963

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPlymouth5 hr
Jun 13, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 40 more5 hr
Jun 13, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 8 more6 hr
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk and 41 more7 hr
Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche, Edwards and 9 more6 hr
Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson and 17 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2000Tornado Watches in Iowa, 2000Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 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.