Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 50
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 24, 2000, 7:00 PM CST for 28 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2000, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2000, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
659 WWUS9 KMKC 250057 SEL0 MKC WW 250057 KSZ000-250600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 50 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 657 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL 1 AM CST. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY KANSAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 49... DISCUSSION...MOISTURE INSTABILITY SPREADING NWD THRU CENTRAL KS WHERE STEEP LAPSE RATES ARE IN PLACE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NRN TX PANHANDLE AND WILL RAPIDLY MOVE NNEWD INTO KS. SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT ISOLATED SUPER CELLS WITH PRIMARY THREAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040. ...HALES 365,1004 400,1000 400,0974 365,0983
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson and 22 more | 5 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.