Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 74
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 22, 2010, 12:30 PM MDT for 24 counties in Colorado; 24 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2010, 12:30 PM MDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 50 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
69 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 1:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 1:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 1:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 10 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 14 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 3:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 21 min |
| Apr 22, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 4:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 5:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 10 min |
| Apr 22, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 7:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 7:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 1:21 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Prowers | 84 min |
| Apr 22, 11:52 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 4 more | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 8 more | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 4:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 96 min |
| Apr 22, 5:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 4 more | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 3:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 30 more | 34 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Colorado, 2010Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2010Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 2010Every tornado watch in 2010
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.