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Tornado Watch 109

March 30, 200662 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Nebraska; 24 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2006, 8:42 AM CST for 62 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Nebraska; 24 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2006, 8:42 AM CST (14:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 123 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE, Adair County, OK, Alfalfa County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 8:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 min
Mar 30, 9:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	13 min
Mar 30, 9:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	34 min
Mar 30, 10:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	27 min
Mar 30, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major, Washita	47 min
Mar 30, 11:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	36 min
Mar 30, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	38 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	36 min
Mar 30, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	65 min
Mar 30, 11:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	24 min
Mar 30, 12:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno, Sedgwick	60 min
Mar 30, 12:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	26 min
Mar 30, 12:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	31 min
Mar 30, 12:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	59 min
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	32 min
Mar 30, 12:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saline	37 min
Mar 30, 12:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	35 min
Mar 30, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	39 min
Mar 30, 12:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	32 min
Mar 30, 12:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	31 min
Mar 30, 12:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	37 min
Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	27 min
Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Ottawa	41 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	39 min
Mar 30, 12:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	48 min
Mar 30, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	49 min
Mar 30, 12:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster	47 min
Mar 30, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	19 min
Mar 30, 1:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	42 min
Mar 30, 1:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	41 min
Mar 30, 1:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Marion	40 min
Mar 30, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	35 min
Mar 30, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Pawnee	29 min
Mar 30, 1:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	55 min
Mar 30, 1:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	41 min
Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson	26 min
Mar 30, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	44 min
Mar 30, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	44 min
Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	27 min
Mar 30, 1:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	33 min
Mar 30, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	48 min
Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion	62 min
Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	16 min
Mar 30, 1:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	35 min
Mar 30, 1:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	10 min
Mar 30, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	41 min
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	25 min
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	27 min
Mar 30, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	66 min
Mar 30, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	49 min
Mar 30, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 2:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	34 min
Mar 30, 2:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	34 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	18 min
Mar 30, 2:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	26 min
Mar 30, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	38 min
Mar 30, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	61 min
Mar 30, 2:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Seward	29 min
Mar 30, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	42 min
Mar 30, 2:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	31 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary	29 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	59 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua	53 min
Mar 30, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson	34 min
Mar 30, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	26 min
Mar 30, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	29 min
Mar 30, 3:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	25 min
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Saunders	33 min
Mar 30, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pawnee	27 min
Mar 30, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	41 min
Mar 30, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OAX	Douglas, Saunders	30 min
Mar 30, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Wilson	55 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	29 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	15 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	54 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	65 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	50 min
Mar 30, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	44 min
Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	34 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley	37 min
Mar 30, 4:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	38 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	29 min
Mar 30, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	41 min
Mar 30, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	24 min
Mar 30, 4:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	37 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	48 min
Mar 30, 5:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	21 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	52 min
Mar 30, 5:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Wilson, Woodson	32 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	32 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ICT	Allen	46 min
Mar 30, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	45 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 426 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 2:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 26 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 3:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 23 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 7:07 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 14 more	113 min
Mar 30, 7:29 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Doniphan	2 hr
Mar 30, 9:42 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 23 more	93 min
Mar 30, 11:47 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Harvey and 15 more	88 min
Mar 30, 1:22 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn and 2 more	113 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atchison, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Doniphan, Johnson and 4 more	8 hr
Mar 30, 3:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 35 more	63 min
Mar 30, 5:39 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 12:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge and 5 more	117 min
Mar 29, 11:16 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 27 more	119 min
Mar 30, 11:08 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 24 more	7 hr
Mar 30, 12:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 17 more	117 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 15 more	119 min
Mar 30, 5:10 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 13 more	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.