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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 323

May 30, 201286 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 30, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT for 86 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 86 counties

Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton45 min
May 30, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas59 min
May 30, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell51 min
May 30, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas66 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Russell65 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush64 min
May 30, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas61 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic45 min
May 30, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness56 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins30 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush23 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick65 min
May 30, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton64 min
May 30, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa22 min
May 30, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis63 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins3 hr
May 30, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline56 min
May 30, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas55 min
May 30, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa48 min
May 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Thomas30 min
May 30, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita43 min
May 30, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush55 min
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell48 min
May 30, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton20 min
May 30, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick54 min
May 30, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur46 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush58 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice43 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan39 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline28 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness65 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita54 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson64 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley34 min
May 30, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott58 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush67 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton37 min
May 30, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell51 min
May 30, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno59 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego28 min
May 30, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice34 min
May 30, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie48 min
May 30, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
May 30, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee32 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman59 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson34 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush63 min
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny26 min
May 30, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick53 min
May 30, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
May 30, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush41 min
May 30, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler27 min
May 30, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner57 min
May 30, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman15 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley46 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee60 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee32 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford64 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade60 min
May 30, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee32 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick and 1 more65 min
May 30, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa and 2 more40 min
May 30, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt59 min
May 30, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Harper, Sumner39 min

Discussions around it

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Sumner54 min
May 30, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 19 more85 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 76 more2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.