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Tornado Watch 212
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 24, 2010, 10:46 AM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2010, 10:46 AM MDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 8:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 63 counties
Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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
- 30%
- 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
62 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Texas | 56 min |
| May 24, 11:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 63 min |
| May 24, 11:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 43 min |
| May 24, 12:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 49 min |
| May 24, 12:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 38 min |
| May 24, 12:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 35 min |
| May 24, 12:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 65 min |
| May 24, 12:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 30 min |
| May 24, 12:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 13 min |
| May 24, 12:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 47 min |
| May 24, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 29 min |
| May 24, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 15 min |
| May 24, 1:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 49 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 19 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 35 min |
| May 24, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 61 min |
| May 24, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 59 min |
| May 24, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane | 26 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 66 min |
| May 24, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Roberts | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray | 53 min |
| May 24, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 51 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 53 min |
| May 24, 4:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler | 67 min |
| May 24, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| May 24, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 53 min |
| May 24, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 25 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 28 min |
| May 24, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Donley | 66 min |
| May 24, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 49 min |
| May 24, 7:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 28 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Moore, Potter, Randall | 61 min |
| May 24, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler | 66 min |
| May 24, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 58 min |
| May 24, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Potter, Roberts | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts | 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 93 min |
| May 23, 10:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
| May 24, 3:56 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers | 2 hr |
| May 24, 9:44 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips and 4 more | 91 min |
| May 24, 2:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 88 min |
| May 23, 10:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Morton, Scott and 4 more | 57 min |
| May 24, 4:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 7 more | 64 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jewell, Phillips, Smith | 87 min |
| May 23, 6:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Frontier and 9 more | 66 min |
| May 23, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 24 more | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Brown, Custer, Hayes, Holt, Hooker and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 23, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Box Butte, Dawes, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 5 hr |
| May 24, 5:06 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Box Butte, Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Garden and 6 more | 114 min |
| May 24, 10:55 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Garden and 4 more | 95 min |
| May 24, 11:21 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 18 more | 9 hr |
| May 24, 1:33 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Custer, Garfield, Holt and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 2:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 11 more | 57 min |
| May 24, 11:15 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Ector and 13 more | 60 min |
| May 24, 12:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle and 29 more | 8 hr |
| May 24, 3:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crane, Crockett and 26 more | 64 min |
| May 24, 5:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Brewster, Childress, Cottle, Crane, Crockett and 25 more | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.