Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 12:20 AM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 8 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 27, 2000, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 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 27, 12:22 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Towanda, KS | Mobile home received considerable roof damage and a shed was blown over. |
| May 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | El Dorado, KS | Numerous 8 inch diameter limbs blown down at intersection of Central and Washington. |
| May 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | El Dorado Res, KS | Pop-up camper blown over. |
| May 27, 12:26 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | El Dorado, KS | Limbs blown down. |
| May 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Augusta, KS | Limbs and signs blown down. |
| May 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Leon, KS | Large limbs blown down. |
| May 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Rose Hill, KS | Numerous limbs blown down. |
| May 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Douglass, KS | Large limbs blown down. |
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, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462 WUUS53 KICT 270521 SVRICT KSC015-035-270615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1220 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 1220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR EL DORADO AROUND 1230 AM CDT... NEAR LEON AROUND 1245 AM CDT... NEAR ATLANTA AROUND 105 AM CDT... NEAR LATHAM AROUND 110 AM CDT... AT 1218 AM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AT ROSE HILL THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BUTLER AND COWLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3800 9697 3740 9713 3743 9658 3798 9655 HYSELL & 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 May 26, 9:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 953 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 ...SECOND UPDATE... LOOKS LIKE CNVTN WL CONT TO MAKE ESEWD PROGRESS ACRS CNTRL KS THRU MDNGT...THEN INTO SCNTRL KS/SERN KS OVRNGT. APPEARS MAIN THREAT NOW WL BE MRGNL WIND/HAIL. SML BOWING SEGMENTS PRODUCED WND GST TO 46KTS AT RSL AIRPORT ARND 0242Z. MAINTENANCE OF SVR THREAT WL CONT TO HINGE ON DVLPMT OF LO LVL JET IN DEEPER MSTR AXIS ACRS SCNTRL/SERN KS LATER TNGT. DARMOFAL .ICT...CONT FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR KSZ091>092.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-270500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 644 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 LATE AFTERNOON...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO TEXAS. EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY AREA WOULD BE ACROSS IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS AREA COULD PRODUCE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WE ARE ALSO WATCHING STORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS. THESE COULD BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 9 PM. A WIDESPREAD OR SIGNFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IS NOT EXPECTED. THE TORNADO THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE UNLESS SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL WINDS TURN MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE AREA WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HOWERTON
Local storm report, May 26, 6:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0158 PM 9 NE BLACK WOLF KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0205 PM 6 N ELLSWORTH KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0225 PM 4 N ELLSWORTH KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0330 PM BUHLER KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 RENO 0350 PM 10 E SALINA KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 SALINE HAIL DRIFTING OVER ROAD
0406 PM HESSTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 HARVEY 0407 PM 1 SE HESSTON KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 HARVEY
0445 PM 4 E PEABODY KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/26/00 MARIONLocal storm report, May 26, 6:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0158 PM 9 NE BLACK WOLF KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0205 PM 6 N ELLSWORTH KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0225 PM 4 N ELLSWORTH KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 ELLSWORTH
0330 PM BUHLER KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 RENO
0350 PM 10 E SALINA KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 SALINE HAIL DRIFTING OVER
ROAD
0406 PM HESSTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 HARVEY
0407 PM 1 SE HESSTON KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/00 HARVEY
0445 PM 4 E PEABODY KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/26/00 MARIONSpecial weather statement, May 26, 7:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-270500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 725 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 LATE AFTERNOON...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO TEXAS. EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY AREA WOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS AREA COULD PRODUCE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WE ARE ALSO WATCHING STORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS. THESE COULD BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE AREA WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY IS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HOWERTON CORRECTION FOR TYPOS AND UPDATE FOR CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-270055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 740 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000 ...SEVERE WEATHER WATCH UPDATE... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...LABETTE...MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...ALLEN WOODSON...WILSON...GREENWOOD...ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MARION...CHASE...HARVEY...SEDGWICK BUTLER...COWLEY AND SUMNER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 368...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT... IN CENTRAL KANSAS...RUSSELL...BARTON...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH SALINE...RICE AND MCPHERSON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...RENO...KINGMAN AND HARPER. KED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 36 min |
| May 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| May 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 63 min |
| May 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| May 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 66 min |
| May 26, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| May 26, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 61 min |
| May 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 51 min |
| May 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 44 min |
| May 27, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 57 min |
| May 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 43 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.