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Tornado Watch 160
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 6, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT for 24 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 12:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont and 10 more | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 54 more | 114 min |
| Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 28 more | 91 min |
| Apr 6, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Linn, Miami | 84 min |
| Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McDonald, Newton | 97 min |
| Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 1 more | 113 min |
| Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 14 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and 2 more | 113 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.