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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 412
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2008, 1:09 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2008, 1:09 AM MDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2008, 4:31 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 94 min |
| Jun 1, 1:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 2:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 3:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 4:15 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 4:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:27 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lincoln, Prowers | 2 hr |
| May 31, 6:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 32 min |
| May 31, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:22 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Harper and 5 more | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 12:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:34 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:26 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk, Harper and 7 more | 94 min |
| Jun 1, 6:58 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2008Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2008
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.