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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 118

March 26, 200016 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 26, 2000, 12:30 PM CST for 16 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2000, 12:30 PM CST (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

22 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald28 min
Mar 26, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade33 min
Mar 26, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar50 min
Mar 26, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone45 min
Mar 26, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney48 min
Mar 26, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene48 min
Mar 26, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk31 min
Mar 26, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair42 min
Mar 26, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster53 min
Mar 26, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney59 min
Mar 26, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison47 min
Mar 26, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth51 min
Mar 26, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, DeKalb40 min
Mar 26, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton40 min
Mar 26, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte35 min
Mar 26, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson42 min
Mar 26, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson42 min
Mar 26, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson, Lafayette41 min
Mar 26, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Ray41 min
Mar 26, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson43 min
Mar 26, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson, Lafayette49 min
Mar 26, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 39 more5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.