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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS

August 7, 2000Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2000, 7:34 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 7, 2000, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3267 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

178 
WFUS53 KTOP 080034
TORTOP
KSC201-080100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF HOLLENBERG...OR ABOUT 32     
  MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  HOLLENBURG
  RURAL AREAS BETWEEN MAHASKA AND HOLLENBURG 

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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
Aug 7, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.