Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 1:50 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 6 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
- May 26, 2000, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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, 1:54 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Arkansas City, KS | |
| May 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Arkansas City, KS | |
| May 26, 2:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Winfield, KS | |
| May 26, 2:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Arkansas City, KS | A 30-40 year old cottonwood tree was uprooted and fell onto a small garage. In addition, numerous other trees were uprooted and fell onto power lines severing power to approximately 700 residences. |
| May 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City, KS | Arkansas City Police Dept. reported that a large tree had been blown across the road. |
| May 26, 2:29 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Cambridge, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 260651 SVRICT KSC035-260745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 150 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 245 AM CDT. * AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ARKANSAS CITY AROUND 155 AM CDT... NEAR MAPLE CITY AROUND 210 AM CDT... NEAR DEXTER AROUND 220 AM CDT... 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURDEN AROUND 225 AM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRIDGE AROUND 230 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3727 9714 3699 9711 3704 9656 3737 9660 HYSELL & NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 43 min |
| May 25, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 37 min |
| May 25, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 48 min |
| May 26, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 57 min |
| May 26, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 26, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 54 min |
| May 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 23 min |
| May 26, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 65 min |
| May 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 61 min |
| May 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 55 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.