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Tornado Watch 54
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 23, 2009, 1:03 PM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2009, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 42 counties
Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Woods County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- 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
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 17 min |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 19 min |
| Mar 23, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 15 min |
| Mar 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 22 more | 96 min |
| Mar 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud and 27 more | 94 min |
| Mar 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 40 more | 97 min |
| Mar 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 24 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2009Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2009Every tornado watch in 2009
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.