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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 563

June 30, 200541 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 30, 2005, 1:40 PM CDT for 41 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2005, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, St. Clair County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee42 min
Jun 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee46 min
Jun 30, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee60 min
Jun 30, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Jun 30, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage38 min
Jun 30, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte6 hr
Jun 30, 3:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth6 hr
Jun 30, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage46 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage44 min
Jun 30, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Osage38 min
Jun 30, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee41 min
Jun 30, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair42 min
Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage51 min
Jun 30, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates34 min
Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami46 min
Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey46 min
Jun 30, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson46 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn43 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase41 min
Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami34 min
Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon48 min
Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee38 min
Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Jun 30, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 min
Jun 30, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn46 min
Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood45 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage45 min
Jun 30, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon44 min
Jun 30, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris42 min
Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTWoodson61 min
Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee22 min
Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates35 min
Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood20 min
Jun 30, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair63 min
Jun 30, 7:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin37 min
Jun 30, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris47 min
Jun 30, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage37 min
Jun 30, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen33 min
Jun 30, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin41 min
Jun 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson15 min
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami43 min
Jun 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris41 min
Jun 30, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPFranklin2 hr
Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon50 min
Jun 30, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMiami6 hr
Jun 30, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage3 hr
Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Miami45 min
Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris41 min
Jun 30, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson59 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 8 more62 min
Jun 30, 12:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 35 more119 min
Jun 30, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney and 16 more2 hr
Jun 30, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 2 more6 hr
Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 32 more90 min
Jun 30, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cedar, Christian and 29 more62 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.