Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 1:32 AM CDT for Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 27, 2000, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Labette County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:04 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Parsons, KS | The following property was damaged: Siding was ripped from a house, metal roofing was ripped from the tops of two small businesses, a temporary wall at a building supply proved to be just that as it was blown down, and a sign that had been set with 4-inch meta |
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 270633 SVRICT KSC099-270715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 132 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT. * AT 132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF DENNIS TO 19 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE TO 48 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DENNIS AROUND 140 AM CDT... NEAR MOUND VALLEY AROUND 145 AM CDT... NEAR ALTAMONT AROUND 150 AM CDT... NEAR EDNA AROUND 155 AM CDT... NEAR OSWEGO AROUND 200 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. 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 LABETTE COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3737 9552 3701 95"53 3702 9514 3734 9508 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, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 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, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 55 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 |
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.