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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

June 25, 2000Clay County, Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 8:09 PM CDT for Clay County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2000, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, KS, Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 816 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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.

240 
WUUS53 KTOP 260109
SVRTOP
KSC027-143-260200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
809 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF OAK HILL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  OAK HILL
  LONGFORD

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS NOW...AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.