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Tornado Watch 653
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 10, 2010, 5:54 PM CDT for 43 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Missouri; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2010, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 75 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Craig County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
- 40%
- 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
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 42 min |
| Sep 10, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Sep 10, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 39 min |
| Sep 10, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 21 min |
| Sep 10, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 59 min |
| Sep 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Sep 10, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 42 min |
| Sep 10, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 58 min |
| Sep 10, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 65 min |
| Sep 10, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan | 55 min |
| Sep 11, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more | 95 min |
| Sep 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 34 more | 85 min |
| Sep 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 56 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.