Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 2013
Tornado Watch 181
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 19, 2013, 1:47 PM CDT for 59 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2013, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 91 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 70%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
96 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 40 min |
| May 19, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Pawnee | 37 min |
| May 19, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 39 min |
| May 19, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| May 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 45 min |
| May 19, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 25 min |
| May 19, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 45 min |
| May 19, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Nemaha, Otoe | 28 min |
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 50 min |
| May 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 27 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 50 min |
| May 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick | 46 min |
| May 19, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 25 min |
| May 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 50 min |
| May 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 54 min |
| May 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 66 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 48 min |
| May 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sumner | 47 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 59 min |
| May 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 43 min |
| May 19, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 38 min |
| May 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 55 min |
| May 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 41 min |
| May 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 22 min |
| May 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 41 min |
| May 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 58 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 45 min |
| May 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 44 min |
| May 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson | 41 min |
| May 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 41 min |
| May 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 36 min |
| May 19, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 42 min |
| May 19, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 39 min |
| May 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 49 min |
| May 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 46 min |
| May 19, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 45 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 48 min |
| May 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison | 27 min |
| May 19, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 39 min |
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 42 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston and 1 more | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 36 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 27 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 19, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 24 min |
| May 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 39 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Marshall and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth and 15 more | 65 min |
| May 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more | 30 min |
| May 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 11 more | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Geary, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more | 35 min |
| May 19, 5:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 41 more | 114 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 22 more | 63 min |
| May 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 66 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| May 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 63 min |
| May 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth | 87 min |
| May 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Putnam, Schuyler and 1 more | 90 min |
| May 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 8 hr |
| May 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more | 117 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Burt, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Garfield and 14 more | 56 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Burt and 33 more | 5 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.