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Tornado Watch 260

May 31, 20139 counties in Kansas; 36 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 31, 2013, 2:15 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 36 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2013, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt
All 45 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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
70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
50%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis44 min
May 31, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho62 min
May 31, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates, Henry, Johnson34 min
May 31, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis43 min
May 31, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson49 min
May 31, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford61 min
May 31, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery23 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn48 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery30 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis60 min
May 31, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry, Johnson, Pettis6 hr
May 31, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan41 min
May 31, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson65 min
May 31, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho29 min
May 31, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Moniteau44 min
May 31, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon47 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn45 min
May 31, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford39 min
May 31, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson51 min
May 31, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates64 min
May 31, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis29 min
May 31, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau6 hr
May 31, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton27 min
May 31, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho25 min
May 31, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway48 min
May 31, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLinn6 hr
May 31, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho3 hr
May 31, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan49 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford60 min
May 31, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery44 min
May 31, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Montgomery, Wilson35 min
May 31, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren49 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren25 min
May 31, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage51 min
May 31, 6:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway6 hr
May 31, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon31 min
May 31, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan6 hr
May 31, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan43 min
May 31, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan57 min
May 31, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Vernon40 min
May 31, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford6 hr
May 31, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Osage38 min
May 31, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery46 min
May 31, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery36 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCedar46 min
May 31, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon34 min
May 31, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Osage6 hr
May 31, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery, Osage32 min
May 31, 7:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon6 hr
May 31, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery48 min
May 31, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair46 min
May 31, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette36 min
May 31, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee52 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford47 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPolk32 min
May 31, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee26 min
May 31, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas23 min
May 31, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson52 min
May 31, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory and 6 more6 hr
May 31, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, St. Clair33 min
May 31, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee44 min
May 31, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee24 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk17 min
May 31, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette, Neosho6 hr
May 31, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede45 min
May 31, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee25 min
May 31, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee30 min
May 31, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk30 min
May 31, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski35 min
May 31, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Harvey and 10 more58 min
May 31, 2:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Dickinson, Douglas, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more85 min
May 31, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 24 more5 hr
May 31, 4:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more114 min
May 31, 1:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more116 min
May 30, 7:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPerry, City of Saint Louis56 min
May 30, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison2 hr
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr
May 31, 1:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Carter, Oregon, Ripley93 min
May 31, 7:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Pettis57 min
May 31, 8:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Franklin and 18 more90 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 1 more54 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln and 9 more4 hr
May 30, 8:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Sequoyah66 min
May 30, 9:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, McIntosh and 6 more57 min
May 30, 11:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah2 hr
May 31, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 29 more95 min
May 31, 3:27 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 36 more9 hr
May 31, 4:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 29 more92 min
May 31, 6:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma and 3 more27 min

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.