Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 2000Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 5 reports 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
Jun 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70 MMoonlight, KS
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJunction City, KS
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 MJunction City, KS
Jun 13, 5:43 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EJunction City, KSStrong winds blew down tree limbs and power lines which resulted in some power outages. Two mobile homes were severely damaged.
Jun 13, 5:46 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 63 EMilford, KSStrong winds destroyed a doublewide and blew down trees and power lines.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 2000-06-13Temperature 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 132230
SVRTOP
KSC041-061-132300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOONLIGHT
  TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...OR FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  JUNCTION CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...MOVING EAST AT     
  40 MPH. STRONG WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF    
  STORMS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  ENTERPRISE
  CHAPMAN
  JUNCTION CITY

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

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
Jun 13, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington24 min
Jun 13, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall32 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa35 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha32 min
Jun 13, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington33 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa30 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington30 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha34 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee35 min
Jun 13, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha33 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie32 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee33 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie32 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown35 min
Jun 13, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee48 min
Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson42 min
Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.