Heat, Bourbon
- When
- August 27, 4:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Kansas, August 27 to 31, 2000
A prolonged period of excessive heat occurred in southeast Kansas. Afternoon high temperatures during this period averaged over 100 degrees or higher with heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A prolonged period of excessive heat occurred in southeast Kansas. Afternoon high temperatures during this period averaged over 100 degrees or higher with heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees. At the same time, rainfall was much below normal.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Cherokee
- When
- August 27, 4:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.169, -94.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Crawford
- When
- August 27, 4:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, August 27 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, August 27, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, August 27 to 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5172250, 5172251, 5172252.