Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2000, 8:00 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 00:34 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 M | Mc Louth, KS | |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 M | Mc Louth, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 18.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 140030 SVRTOP KSC087-140100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 730 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCLOUTH TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCLOUTH...OR FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTON TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... MCLOUTH 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 2:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 257 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000 SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING...THEN WRAP AROUND PRECIP WEDNESDAY MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. COLD FRONT STILL WEST OF THE CWA AND MOVING ONLY SLOWLY EAST. VERY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF BOUNDARY WITH NO CAP. MSAS DATA SHOWING LI'S OF -10 IN THE CWA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED AHEAD OF MAIN SURFACE FRONT IN AREA OF BETTER UPPER DIFFLUENCE CLOSER TO H5 WAVE. EXPECT OCCASIONAL THUNDER THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SO MAINLY THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THROUGH LATE NIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST. TORNADIC STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY JUST TO OUR NORTH IN BETTER SHEAR AREA...AND MAIN THREAT IN OUR CWA WILL BE WIND AND HAIL AS LINE ACCELERATES SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. BEHIND COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...MODELS SHOWING A SECONDARY WAVE AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO SKIRT THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. WILL INTRODUCE A POP THERE FOR THE WHOLE DAY. IN THE SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP MENTION OF MORNING SHOWERS UNTIL FRONT MOVES FARTHER AWAY. MUCH DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR WILL FILTER IN WITH 50S DEW POINTS FORECAST. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE TRANSITION NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINS TURNING MORE SOUTHERLY AGAIN IN CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASANTLY COOL IN THE EAST WITH LIGHT WINDS AND DRY AIR. FLOW REALLY KICKS UP AGAIN IN CENTRAL KANSAS ON THURSDAY TRANSPORTING MOISTURE BACK NORTH. SOME CONCERN PRECIP MAY DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT. HOWEVER WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW AS MAIN FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER FEATURES DON'T ENTER AREA UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPS A COMPROMISE OF FWC/FAN NUMBERS...WITH A LITTLE HEDGE TOWARD WARMER NUMBERS FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. .TOP...NONE 62
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
658 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM 4 E PAXICO KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00 WABAUNSEELocal storm report, Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
659 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0658 PM WILLARD KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00 SHAWNEELocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:04 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM MAPLE HILL KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00 WABAUNSEE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
710 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 6 W HIAWATHA KS WIND DAMAGE
06/13/00 BROWN LARGE TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
713 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0711 PM 2 S VALLEY FALLS KS WIND DAMAGE
06/13/00 JEFFERSON BUILDING DAMAGED SOUTH
OF VALLEY FALLS ON K-4
HIGHWAYLocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
714 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0712 PM 2 N SILVER LAKE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/13/00 SHAWNEE POWER LINES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.