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Tornado Watch 374

May 26, 200835 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 70 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler62 min
May 26, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner38 min
May 26, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward45 min
May 26, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler64 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness42 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner57 min
May 26, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee42 min
May 26, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBriscoe, Hall36 min
May 26, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward48 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant52 min
May 26, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln57 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick51 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley55 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler55 min
May 26, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAWheeler23 min
May 26, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver52 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner64 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush47 min
May 26, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAArmstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler59 min
May 26, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward20 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa40 min
May 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward38 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills61 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAWheeler45 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton49 min
May 26, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler42 min
May 26, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver54 min
May 26, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee38 min
May 26, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay38 min
May 26, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler66 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa28 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth64 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner57 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods46 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler61 min
May 26, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSumner4 hr
May 26, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley57 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade41 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford55 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell55 min
May 26, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt38 min
May 26, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford51 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner42 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay45 min
May 26, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACollingsworth, Donley56 min
May 26, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver36 min
May 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills63 min
May 26, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa62 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline61 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay31 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford31 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt36 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade50 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods20 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade47 min
May 26, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler30 min
May 26, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay46 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade44 min
May 26, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACollingsworth28 min
May 26, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon42 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee52 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno29 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay36 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford48 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa48 min
May 26, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Harmon27 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Wheeler67 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb63 min
May 26, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman38 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth61 min
May 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita60 min
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr
May 26, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt38 min
May 26, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay33 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick45 min
May 26, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCowley4 hr
May 26, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon43 min
May 26, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman40 min
May 26, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno32 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHemphill28 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner56 min
May 26, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACollingsworth25 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee28 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Harmon51 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick33 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble47 min
May 26, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman39 min
May 26, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Wheeler53 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 31 more113 min
May 25, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 32 more3 hr
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Pratt2 hr
May 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 15 more6 hr
May 26, 12:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 10 more95 min
May 26, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette93 min
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 14 more59 min
May 26, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 19 more96 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 26 more2 hr
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Creek and 19 more6 hr
May 25, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Castro, Crane, Crockett, Culberson and 19 more2 hr
May 26, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 22 more95 min
May 26, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Cottle, Crane and 32 more7 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.