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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 2000Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 8:08 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2000, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Douglas County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Lecompton, KS
Jun 13, 8:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 M	Stull, KS
Jun 13, 8:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Lawrence, KS	Strong winds downed 4 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs.
Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Lone Star, 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, 1.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 140110
SVRTOP
KSC045-140150-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LAWRENCE TO 20 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  LAWRENCE
  BALDWIN CITY
  EUDORA
  CLINTON LAKE

WINDS OVER 60 MPH EXTEND WELL BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE 
OF STORMS.  GUSTS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH TOPEKA SHORTLY 
BEFORE 8 PM.

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING..g.AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A
BASEMENT.

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, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
736 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    5 S MC LOUTH              KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   JEFFERSON

0733 PM    2 W ESKRIDGE              KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:37 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0734 PM    1 S DOVER                 KS    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   SHAWNEE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:40 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
740 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0737 PM    6 WNW CARBONDALE          KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   OSAGE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
745 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0744 PM    1 W (FOE)FORBES FLD TOPEKA KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   SHAWNEE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:46 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
746 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0742 PM    1 NE AUBURN               KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   SHAWNEE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:04 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
804 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    OVERBROOK                 KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   OSAGE                           SEVERAL  LOCATIONS IN
                                           NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                           COUNTY.

0755 PM    TOPEKA                    KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   SHAWNEE                         SOUTHWEST TOPKEA

0802 PM    MC LOUTH                  KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/00   JEFFERSON

The 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, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	30 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, 8:14 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.