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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 258
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 12, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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.
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 50 min |
| May 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 47 min |
| May 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 21 min |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 30 min |
| May 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 30 min |
| May 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 28 min |
| May 12, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 43 min |
| May 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 49 min |
| May 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 52 min |
| May 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 26 min |
| May 12, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 42 min |
| May 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 40 min |
| May 12, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 20 min |
| May 12, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 39 min |
| May 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 6 hr |
| May 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 5 hr |
| May 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 33 min |
| May 12, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 23 min |
| May 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 34 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 24 more | 59 min |
| May 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 15 more | 64 min |
| May 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 28 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 11:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha | 58 min |
| May 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Republic and 1 more | 61 min |
| May 12, 12:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 3 more | 95 min |
| May 12, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 21 more | 59 min |
| May 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 28 more | 92 min |
| May 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more | 87 min |
| May 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 14 more | 7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.