Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 7:40 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 16, 2000, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Morganville, KS | |
| Jul 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Clifton, KS | |
| Jul 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Morganville, KS | |
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Clay Center, 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
012 WUUS53 KTOP 170040 SVRTOP KSC027-170130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 740 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINING...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... VINING CLIFTON IDANA MORGANVILLE CLAY CENTER GREEN STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ 58
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 25 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.