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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Topeka, KS

June 23, 2000Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 10:05 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 23, 2000, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
40 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 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 23, 10:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Enterprise, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3505 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
3505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

094 
WUUS53 KTOP 240305
SVRTOP
KSC041-061-240345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1005 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBINE...OR ABOUT 12    
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  ENTERPRISE
  CHAPMAN
  MOONLIGHT

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
Jun 23, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown38 min
Jun 23, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown45 min
Jun 23, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson30 min
Jun 23, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown48 min
Jun 23, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha44 min
Jun 23, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown4 hr
Jun 24, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha5 hr

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.