Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 284
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 36 counties
Clark County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Cimarron, Texas | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 85 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher, Major and 2 more | 50 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan and 6 more | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Concho, Crane and 38 more | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Callahan, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett and 30 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.