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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 25, 2000Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2000, 3:32 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2000, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 3:40 PM CDTHail 0.88Pleasant Grove, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2000-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 252033
SVRTOP
KSC045-252100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
332 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF EUDORA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE...  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF 
LAWRENCE ABOUT 325 PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  LAWRENCE
  BALDWIN CITY
  EUDORA

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER 
IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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
Apr 25, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPNemaha29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.