Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 11:09 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 23, 2000, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 11:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Windom, KS | |
| Jun 23, 11:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Mc Pherson, KS | Microburst winds swept across a 10-12 block area of North McPherson. Roofs were damaged or removed, insulation was ripped out, merchandise overturned at the garden department of a supermarket, boats and gas tanks were tossed into nearby lots and one side of a |
| Jun 23, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Lindsborg, KS | Tree limbs downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 3505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WUUS53 KICT 240409 SVRICT KSC113-240515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1109 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT. * AT 1109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WINDOM...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF MCPHERSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WINDOM AROUND 1110 PM CDT... 11 MILES NORTH OF INMAN AROUND 1120 PM CDT... NEAR MCPHERSON AROUND 1130 PM CDT... NEAR GALVA AROUND 1135 PM CDT... NEAR CANTON AROUND 1145 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR... THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3860 9793 3820 9795 3820 9739 3858 9739 NOONAN NNNN
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 902 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 ...UPDATED... 00Z UPR AIR SHOWD LO LVL MOIST AXIS FM WRN OKLA INTO WCNTRL KS INTO SERN NE WITH H8 DWPTS OF 16-18C. CNVTN CONTS TO BLD SWD INTO MOIST AXIS RESUTLING IN VRY LTL OVRALL STM MOTION. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOWD MORE PROPAGATION ESEWD INTO RSL AREA WHICH MAY BE A REFLECTION OF LO LVL JET DVLPMT ACRS CNTRL KS. AN UPR SPEED MAX WAS ALSO STREAKING ACRS SWRN KS THIS EVE PER PROFILER NET AND LIKELY AIDING IN LIFT IN THE RGN. THE MAIN QUESTION IS HOW STM EVOLUTION WL CONT THIS EVE AND THEN OVRNGT ACRS THE CWA. WL LIKELY SEE SOME STM DVLPMT FURTHER E INTO CNTRL KS UNTIL MDNGT WHERE LO LVL MOIST CNVGNC WL BE MAXIMIZED ON INCRSG JET. AFT COORD WITH THE SPC NOT SURE OF ADDTNL WW INTO CNTRL KS WL BE NEEDED...BUT WL CONT TO MONITOR. NEXT CONCERN IS HVY RAFL POTNL FURTHER NW AS WELL. WITH PWAT VALUES NR TWO INCHES %ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA AND SLOW STM MOVMT MAY NEED TO ISSUE FFA FOR ENTIRE CWA. AFT COORD WITH TOPEKA...WL MAKE IT SO. DARMOFAL .ICT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ032-232315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 485 DOES NOT INCLUDE RUSSELL COUNTY KANSAS. KED
Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM RUSSELL KS 85 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/23/00 RUSSELL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
COLocal storm report, Jun 23, 10:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1006 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM RUSSELL KS 85 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/23/00 RUSSELL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
0945 PM WILSON KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/23/00 ELLSWORTH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
COSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 10:10 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-240415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1010 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ACTIVATING OUR SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK. A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS. THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 146.94 MHZ. SECONDARY FREQUENCIES ARE ALSO BEING MONITORED AT 146.82 AND 145.13 MHZ. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 67 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.