Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- May 26, 2000, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phillips County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Glade, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733 WUUS53 KGID 270015 SVRGRI KSC147-270100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 712 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 712 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPEED... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PERSONS NEAR KIRWIN RESEVOIR AND ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. $$ LAT...LON 3971 9949 3958 9951 3957 9907 3973 9907 NNNN 09
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 1:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 133 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 ...MAIN CONCERN IS PRECIP THIS EVENING... NEXT DISTURBANCE ROLLING NORTHEAST TODAY FROM SW KS SHOWING SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. EXPECT INTENSITY TO INCREASE AS DAY GOES ALONG INTO THIS EVENING AS LOWER ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN KS DESTABLIZES WITH HEATING...ESPECIALLY IN CLEAR AREAS. MOISTURE NO LONGER A PROBLEM AS MOST OF LOWER ATMOSPHERE WELL SATURATED. MOISTURE TRANSPORT LESS FAVORABLE AS 85H WINDS HAVE BECOME A BIT MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AFTER BIG MCS LAST NIGHT/THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY VORT MAX STRETCHED BACK TO INTO NM/AZ WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND KEEP PRECIP GOING IN AT LEAST SOUTHEAST CWA THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE NEAR GLD SHOULD FINALLY RIDE EAST TONIGHT ALONG THE WARM FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE NE/KS BORDER. SVR WEATHER DEFINITE POSSIBILITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF LOW. ONCE THE SECOND DISTURBANCE CLEARS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING EXPECT CLEARING SKIES AND WARMER TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE...TONIGHT WILL PROBABLY WORD LIKELYS IN SOUTH AND EAST ZONES WITH SLIGHTLY LESS CHANCES NW. WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON GOING AT PRESS TIME. LOW TEMPS CLOSER TO COOLER FAN. SATURDAY...LEANING TOWARD SHOWERS IN MORNING EAST ZONES. OTHERWISE BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS NEAR GUIDANCE. REST OF THE PERIOD ZONAL FLOW WITH WARMING TEMPS AND DRY. HOWEVER WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH FRONT AND MOISTURE IN THE AREA AND REMOVE WORDING FOR MONDAY. TEMPS TO REMAIN SEASONABLE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE. .GID...NONE. KLUCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-270030- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 536 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING SMITH...OSBORNE...JEWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. INITIALLY...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WEST OF A LINE FROM HOLDREGE TO PLAINVILLE. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE STORMS APPROACH A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY PARKED ACROSS THE AREA. AT THEIR CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WOULD REACH THE TORNADO WATCH AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES...WATCHES OR WARNINGS. DROZD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 40 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.