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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 577

June 19, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 19, 2008, 1:27 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2008, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 126 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun 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, Ida County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, York County, NE

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: 5%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 40%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	52 min
Jun 19, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	48 min
Jun 19, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union	45 min
Jun 19, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	52 min
Jun 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	36 min
Jun 19, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair	35 min
Jun 19, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	45 min
Jun 19, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur	39 min
Jun 19, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Richardson	54 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur	33 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	32 min
Jun 19, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	47 min
Jun 19, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	45 min
Jun 19, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Stanton	45 min
Jun 19, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	38 min
Jun 19, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	4 hr
Jun 19, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison	49 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	15 min
Jun 19, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery	44 min
Jun 19, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	51 min
Jun 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam	32 min
Jun 19, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	46 min
Jun 19, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	46 min
Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	42 min
Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	45 min
Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	44 min
Jun 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	29 min
Jun 19, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy, Saunders	42 min
Jun 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Mills	32 min
Jun 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton	50 min
Jun 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	30 min
Jun 19, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	60 min
Jun 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton	5 hr
Jun 19, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	46 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Mills, Montgomery	5 hr
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Platte	60 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	27 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	26 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	40 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax	55 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	22 min
Jun 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	39 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Page	19 min
Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders	37 min
Jun 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	23 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	48 min
Jun 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray, Saline	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	2 hr
Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Saunders	33 min
Jun 19, 6:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Worth	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	33 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy	29 min
Jun 19, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills	33 min
Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha	23 min
Jun 19, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	59 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	54 min
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	34 min
Jun 19, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	52 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke and 18 more	61 min
Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills and 9 more	64 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 26 more	88 min
Jun 18, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 14 more	6 hr
Jun 19, 1:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more	58 min
Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton and 2 more	7 hr
Jun 19, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more	8 hr
Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	116 min
Jun 18, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more	62 min
Jun 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Chase and 33 more	53 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sioux	65 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.