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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 306

May 26, 200415 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2004, 11:40 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2004, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Chase County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Lyon, Osage61 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho63 min
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Coffey and 10 more6 hr
May 26, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 16 more2 hr
May 27, 1:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lyon and 5 more119 min
May 27, 3:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Nemaha and 1 more95 min
May 27, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJohnson, Wyandotte7 hr
May 27, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Wyandotte89 min
May 26, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald91 min
May 26, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade and 8 more5 hr
May 26, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery and 5 more54 min
May 27, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 15 more4 hr
May 27, 3:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene and 12 more2 hr
May 27, 11:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Daviess, Gentry and 20 more2 hr
May 27, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atchison, Clark, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 11 more6 hr
May 27, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 32 more113 min
May 27, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton and 28 more113 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004

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.