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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Topeka, KS

July 26, 2000Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 26, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 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 03:29 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 26, 10:38 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56 E	Lawrence, 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
Jul 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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: 2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 270331
SVRTOP
KSC045-270415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1030 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCE...MOVING SOUTH AT  
  40 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE THE THE PRIMARY     
  THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.   

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

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DA.MAGING 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	44 min
Jul 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	39 min
Jul 26, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	55 min
Jul 26, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	53 min

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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.