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Tornado Watch 240

May 29, 201314 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 29, 2013, 1:04 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2013, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 58 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Adams County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Clay County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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
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
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith36 min
May 29, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
May 29, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster43 min
May 29, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock53 min
May 29, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln49 min
May 29, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy43 min
May 29, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes53 min
May 29, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton37 min
May 29, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney31 min
May 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln49 min
May 29, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy47 min
May 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock45 min
May 29, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins51 min
May 29, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton33 min
May 29, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman33 min
May 29, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes32 min
May 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo30 min
May 29, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln51 min
May 29, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase35 min
May 29, 2:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDClay32 min
May 29, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York42 min
May 29, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock54 min
May 29, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy53 min
May 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
May 29, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman33 min
May 29, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln47 min
May 29, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman55 min
May 29, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy24 min
May 29, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
May 29, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas56 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York38 min
May 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley33 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York32 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell25 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins54 min
May 29, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman53 min
May 29, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow64 min
May 29, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, Nuckolls32 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 min
May 29, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, York26 min
May 29, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Thomas5 hr
May 29, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York32 min
May 29, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 min
May 29, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell28 min
May 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York41 min
May 29, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Hamilton23 min
May 29, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, York36 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York32 min
May 29, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow31 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore28 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow3 hr
May 29, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley42 min
May 29, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
May 29, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins62 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDHamilton32 min
May 29, 4:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDYork31 min
May 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne30 min
May 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Furnas, Gosper44 min
May 29, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York28 min
May 29, 4:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDValley27 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas36 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork36 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York32 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFCuster, Garfield, Loup32 min
May 29, 5:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
May 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace38 min
May 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Polk, York30 min
May 29, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York27 min
May 29, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt41 min
May 29, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
May 29, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield46 min
May 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace47 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan45 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler41 min
May 29, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster, Loup3 hr
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFGarfield3 hr
May 29, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer34 min
May 29, 6:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDGreeley, Howard24 min
May 29, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins47 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt43 min
May 29, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan56 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard48 min
May 29, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas30 min
May 29, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Sheridan60 min
May 29, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan56 min
May 29, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
May 29, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton18 min
May 29, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks44 min
May 29, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips20 min
May 29, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Phillips, Smith43 min
May 29, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith45 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 13 more114 min
May 28, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 14 more113 min
May 28, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 2 more55 min
May 29, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche2 hr
May 29, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 38 more11 hr
May 29, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 4 more53 min
May 29, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 32 more60 min
May 29, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley and 24 more2 hr
May 29, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 6 more66 min
May 29, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 4 more7 hr
May 29, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Elk and 4 more85 min
May 29, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Custer, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, Loup and 2 more3 hr
May 29, 8:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 42 more2 hr
May 29, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 10 more87 min
May 29, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 26 more4 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.