Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 2008
Tornado Watch 510
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 11, 2008, 3:37 PM CDT for 28 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2008, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Geary County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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
40 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 16 min |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 13 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 45 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 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 30 more | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 20 more | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Republic, Smith, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Riley, Washington | 117 min |
Nearby
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.