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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS

September 22, 2000Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 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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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 22, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 22, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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 
WUUS53 KTOP 222359
SVRTOP
KSC087-230030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSTOWN...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  MCLOUTH
  WILLIAMSTOWN

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

STAY\ TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon48 min
Sep 22, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey45 min
Sep 22, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin37 min
Sep 22, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin36 min
Sep 22, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha30 min

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.