Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 287
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 18, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT for 37 counties in Kansas; Clay County, Jackson County, Ray County, Missouri; 12 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Riley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Ray County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| May 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 26 min |
| May 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 2 hr |
| May 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 46 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 17, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jewell, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 65 min |
| May 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more | 115 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005
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.