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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 227

June 5, 201435 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 2014, 4:46 AM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2014, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 35 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
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
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion68 min
Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase62 min
Jun 5, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion, Reno47 min
Jun 5, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris44 min
Jun 5, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner58 min
Jun 5, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey42 min
Jun 5, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood56 min
Jun 5, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson15 min
Jun 5, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson27 min
Jun 5, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley, Elk57 min
Jun 5, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood48 min
Jun 5, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson57 min
Jun 5, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk36 min
Jun 5, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Labette, Neosho60 min
Jun 5, 7:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford49 min
Jun 5, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson28 min
Jun 5, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford63 min
Jun 5, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette36 min
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford6 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1842 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more113 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas96 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more7 hr
Jun 4, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott, Sherman and 2 more85 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita4 hr
Jun 5, 1:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 20 more85 min
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 29 more6 hr
Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee93 min
Jun 5, 3:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 24 more115 min
Jun 5, 4:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Clay and 20 more85 min
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 40 more86 min
Jun 5, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee6 hr
Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 26 more2 hr
Jun 5, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJohnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte5 hr
Jun 5, 10:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Wyandotte63 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.