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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 710

August 26, 200012 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 26, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson46 min
Aug 26, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates46 min
Aug 26, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton63 min
Aug 26, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates40 min
Aug 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair63 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2000-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

679 
WWUS9 KMKC 262210
SEL0  

SEL0
MKC WW 262201
ILZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-270300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 710
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
501 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
   EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE
KANSAS TO 55 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI.

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 709...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ATTM ALONG WEAK CONVERGENCE
LINE IN ERN KS EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND MOVE/DEVELOP SEWD
INTO DEEP MIXED ENVIRONMENT /WITH LARGE TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT
SPREADS/ EXTENDING NE INTO WRN MO.  PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE
ISOLATED BUT STRONG DOWNBURSTS...WITH POSSIBLE BOW ECHO
DEVELOPMENT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30030.

...CORFIDI

393,0902 372,0925 372,0963 393,0940

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Schuyler and 2 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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.