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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 506

June 18, 201126 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 18, 2011, 6:03 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2011, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 67 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Macon County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
95%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
95%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

68 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay30 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley62 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson66 min
Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay31 min
Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley65 min
Jun 18, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage61 min
Jun 18, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage40 min
Jun 18, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson62 min
Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage57 min
Jun 18, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua31 min
Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan41 min
Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage41 min
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Pettis27 min
Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson64 min
Jun 18, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner61 min
Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington42 min
Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton54 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner15 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington38 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass35 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Pettis46 min
Jun 18, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler64 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass25 min
Jun 18, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington49 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry48 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay63 min
Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford60 min
Jun 18, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington59 min
Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley58 min
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner55 min
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis25 min
Jun 18, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho28 min
Jun 18, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan18 min
Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline30 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass5 hr
Jun 18, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata43 min
Jun 18, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery65 min
Jun 18, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson35 min
Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson32 min
Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford63 min
Jun 18, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford5 hr
Jun 18, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood54 min
Jun 18, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry34 min
Jun 18, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion60 min
Jun 18, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick38 min
Jun 18, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper66 min
Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette35 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler15 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Montgomery, Wilson52 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence67 min
Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Ray24 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford49 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry33 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Greene, Polk63 min
Jun 18, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk45 min
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford52 min
Jun 18, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray48 min
Jun 18, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster61 min
Jun 19, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho29 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Laclede, Polk, Webster38 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence14 min
Jun 19, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford56 min
Jun 19, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll21 min
Jun 19, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Greene, Polk35 min
Jun 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte32 min
Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper6 hr
Jun 19, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler28 min
Jun 19, 3:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry6 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -203 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-487 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 67 more7 hr
Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott and 2 more93 min
Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Clay and 45 more93 min
Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 49 more53 min
Jun 18, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace7 hr
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 10 more116 min
Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny and 8 more90 min
Jun 18, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 20 more7 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll and 40 more5 hr
Jun 18, 5:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 36 more66 min
Jun 18, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr
Jun 18, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Stephens66 min
Jun 18, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 10 more7 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2011Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.