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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 373

May 26, 200027 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn67 min
May 26, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Marion66 min
May 26, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
May 26, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates57 min
May 26, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase61 min
May 27, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami56 min
May 27, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley55 min
May 27, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon31 min
May 27, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood51 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk44 min
May 27, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon20 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson52 min
May 27, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage45 min
May 27, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery57 min
May 27, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho52 min
May 27, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette43 min
May 27, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin31 min
May 27, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford47 min
May 27, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami38 min
May 27, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin16 min
May 27, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon51 min
May 27, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton51 min
May 27, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami46 min
May 27, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass46 min
May 27, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade46 min
May 27, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry48 min
May 27, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence42 min
May 27, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Morgan4 hr
May 27, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 33 more6 hr
May 26, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Chariton, Cole and 30 more6 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Carter, Christian, Douglas, Howell, McDonald and 5 more6 hr
May 27, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot and 2 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.