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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 137

May 10, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 10, 2014, 2:26 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2014, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 72 counties

Adams County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO, Nemaha County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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: 2%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
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: 70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	47 min
May 10, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	42 min
May 10, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	54 min
May 10, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	51 min
May 10, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	47 min
May 10, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	67 min
May 10, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	51 min
May 10, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison	48 min
May 10, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	40 min
May 10, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	39 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	66 min
May 10, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	49 min
May 10, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	48 min
May 10, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	46 min
May 10, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	61 min
May 10, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton	40 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway	57 min
May 10, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	50 min
May 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	47 min
May 10, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	40 min
May 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	49 min
May 10, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	39 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	63 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	30 min
May 10, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	43 min
May 10, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner	55 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	DeKalb, Gentry	53 min
May 10, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	50 min
May 10, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	47 min
May 10, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	53 min
May 10, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	33 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	51 min
May 10, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	28 min
May 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Elk, Greenwood	42 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston	50 min
May 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	47 min
May 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	41 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	48 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	61 min
May 10, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	48 min
May 10, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	26 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	48 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	16 min
May 10, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Saline	47 min
May 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth	43 min
May 10, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	63 min
May 10, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	38 min
May 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	50 min
May 10, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Wilson	34 min
May 10, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	47 min
May 10, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	47 min
May 10, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	46 min
May 10, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	45 min
May 10, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Sedgwick	51 min
May 10, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey	61 min
May 10, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	48 min
May 10, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Woodson	32 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 (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 12:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont	2 hr
May 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Crawford and 13 more	93 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 17 more	83 min
May 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton and 34 more	64 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole and 28 more	9 hr
May 10, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	55 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.