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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 448
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 26, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2013, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 9:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 3 more | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 6:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Clay and 27 more | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wyoming, 2013Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2013
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.