Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2000, 4:01 PM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2000, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | La Cygne, KS | The fire department reported numerous downed trees and power lines. |
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Osawatomie, KS | Law enforcement officials reported 70 mph wind gusts. |
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Osawatomie, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KEAX 072102 SVRMCI KSC107-121-072200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 401 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LA CYGNE...MOUND CITY...PLEASANTON MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...OSAWATOMIE...PAOLA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PARKER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OSAWATOMIE AT 410 PM CDT FONTANA AT 415 PM CDT SOMERSET AT 425 PM CDT LOUISBURG AT 435 PM CDT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. LAT...LON 3805 9505 3806 9465 3873 9462 3873 9501
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 48 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.