Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 710
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 63 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Schuyler and 2 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.