Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2000, 11:22 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2000, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Greely, KS | |
| Jul 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Greely, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 270422 SVRTOP KSC003-270515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1122 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREELEY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF GARNETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS THEY MOVED ACROSS DOUGLAS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... HARRIS GARNETT WESTPHALIA COLONY KINCAID STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 55 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.