Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
350 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

00Z UA SHOWS LOTS OF MOISTURE POOLING ALONG 850MB WARM FRONT
EXTENDING ALONG KS/OK BORDER. STRONG APPROACHING SHORTWAVE ALONG
WITH COUPLED 300MB JET...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD TSRA ACROSS FCST AREA.
THIS INITIAL SHORTWAVE EXPECTED TO PUSH ON THROUGH TO THE NORTHEAST
CARRYING MOST OF THE TSRA WITH IT. WOULD EXPECT MOST OF THIS BATCH
TO BE DONE BY NOON.

TRACKING MOVEMENT OF NEXT WAVE WILL PUT IT INTO THE AREA DURING THE
EVENING HOURS TODAY. THIS ONE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG. 850MB
WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH WILL PUSH MOST OF THE MOISTURE
EAST OF THE AREA. WILL THEREFORE LOWER POPS SLIGHTLY...FWC AGREES.
TENTATIVELY WILL NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT. THINK MAIN
PRECIP IN OUR FCST AREA WILL OCCUR AFTER NEXT ZONE ISSUANCE AND WILL
LET DAY SHIFT WORRY ABOUT THAT.

TEMPS AND EXTENDED LOOK PRETTY GOOD.

FCSTID = 7/NRR
ICT   83  65  85  60 /  40  50  20  30
HUT   83  63  85  58 /  40  50  20  30
EWK   83  65  84  58 /  50  50  20  30
EQA   81  66  83  60 /  50  50  20  30
WLD   83  66  85  60 /  40  50  20  30
RSL   83  58  85  54 /  60  40  10   5
GBD   83  59  85  56 /  50  40  10   5
SLN   81  64  85  55 /  80  50  20   5
MPR   82  64  84  57 /  70  50  20   5
CFV   80  67  83  60 /  90  50  20  10
CNU   79  67  83  60 /  90  50  20  10
K88   78  67  83  60 /  90  50  20  10

.ICT...NONE.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
954 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0205 AM    WICHITA                   KS   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00   SEDGWICK                       TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
                                          WITH ONE FALLING ONTO A
                                          HOUSE. THIS WAS RELAYED
                                          FROM LOCAL MEDIA KSNW.

0220 AM    2 SE ELLSWORTH            KS   FLOOD
05/26/00   ELLSWORTH                      LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          THAT WATER WAS COVERING
                                          AVENUE L.

CWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1036 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 AM    ANTHONY                   KS   FLOOD
05/26/00   HARPER                         LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          THAT SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          WERE UNDER WATER. TWO
                                          BRIDGES HAD BEEN WASHED
                                          OUT. THEY WERE SANDBAGGING
                                          AT ANTHONY LAKE. SEVERAL
                                          HOUSES HAD BEEN FLOODED.

CWH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1049 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 AM    CONWAY SPRINGS            KS   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00   SUMNER                         A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER
                                          REPORTED THAT A 7 TO 8 INCH
                                          DIAMETER TREE LIMB WAS
                                          BLOWN DOWN.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1156 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS:
BARTON      COWLEY      HARVEY      MARION      RENO     SEDGWICK
ELLSWORTH   KINGMAN     MCPHERSON   RUSSELL     SUMNER   CHASE
HARPER      LINCOLN     RICE        SALINE      BUTLER

AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:
ALLEN       ELK         LABETTE     NEOSHO      WOODSON
CHAUTAUQUA  GREENWOOD   MONTGOMERY  WILSON

THE SYNOPSIS:
AT MIDDAY LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...WITH
A WEAK WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ALONG I-70.  STRONGER WINDS ALOFT
WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A COLD
FRONT IS ALSO FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.  IT IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME...EXACTLY WHEN
OR WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...HOWEVER THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
THAT AT LEAST A FEW WILL BE SEVERE.

SPECIAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS ARE PLANNED FOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
WHICH SHOULD ALLOW A MORE REFINED OUTLOOK.  AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

HOWERTON

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-270500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
207 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS:
BARTON      COWLEY      HARVEY      MARION      RENO     SEDGWICK
ELLSWORTH   KINGMAN     MCPHERSON   RUSSELL     SUMNER   CHASE
HARPER      LINCOLN     RICE        SALINE      BUTLER

AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:
ALLEN       ELK         LABETTE     NEOSHO      WOODSON
CHAUTAUQUA  GREENWOOD   MONTGOMERY  WILSON

THE SYNOPSIS:
AT EARLY AFTERNOON...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN KANSAS...
WITH A WEAK WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ALONG I-70.  STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A COLD FRONT IS ALSO FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.  GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70.

THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOWER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA.  HOWEVER WIND PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO BECOME A LITTLE
MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

A WIDESPREAD OR SIGNFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GOLFBALL OR LARGER HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE AREA
WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS VERY LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HOWERTON