A line of thunderstorms moved through the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City during the early morning hours of July 17. Isolated wind damage was reported, but the storms were more noteworthy for an intense lightning display.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved through the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City during the early morning hours of July 17. Isolated wind damage was reported, but the storms were more noteworthy for an intense lightning display. Constant lightning was observed, and over 2000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were detected in Johnson County between 2 and 3 am.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:14 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike sparked a house fire. Damage was estimated at $22,000.
Thunderstorm winds downed a maple tree 12 inches in diameter.
A 61 mph wind gust was measured at New Century Air Center.
An off duty NWS employee reported 6 inch diameter tree limbs down at 159th and Lamar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2000
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: 5162924, 5162923, 5162824, 5162825.