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Tornado Watch 366

May 26, 20007 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	41 min
May 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Nodaway	33 min
May 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	40 min
May 26, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	46 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	60 min
May 26, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	66 min
May 26, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry	62 min
May 26, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Worth	57 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	66 min
May 26, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clinton, DeKalb	41 min
May 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	54 min
May 26, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	53 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	62 min
May 26, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	51 min
May 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	54 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette	66 min
May 26, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Livingston	64 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	46 min
May 26, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	67 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	60 min
May 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll	26 min
May 26, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	55 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler	57 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Sullivan	57 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	67 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	45 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	55 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	65 min
May 26, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	62 min
May 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	3 hr
May 26, 10:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 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.

978 
WWUS9 KMKC 262219
SEL6  
MKC WW 262219
KSZ000-MOZ000-270400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 366
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
519 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS                             
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 545 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI TO
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPICKARD MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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 362...WW 363...WW
364...WW 365...

DISCUSSION...AIR MASS CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS WRN MO AS
ACTIVITY ACROSS NERN AND CENTRAL KS MOVES EWD.  VAD WINDS/PROFILER
DATA INDICATE FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...MCCARTHY

403,0925 373,0930 373,0951 403,0951

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Harper and 5 more	6 hr
May 26, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 46 more	7 hr
May 26, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dunklin, Pemiscot	6 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.