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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336

June 20, 20149 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Kansas; 69 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT for 9 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Kansas; 69 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 55 kt

All 85 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Ida County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Chase County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Grant 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, Jefferson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Rock County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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: 10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 2%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 20%
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	48 min
Jun 20, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Woodbury	41 min
Jun 20, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	41 min
Jun 20, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	44 min
Jun 20, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	29 min
Jun 20, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Dixon	40 min
Jun 20, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	51 min
Jun 20, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Woodbury	49 min
Jun 20, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	47 min
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	46 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison	43 min
Jun 20, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Woodbury	42 min
Jun 20, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard	41 min
Jun 20, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	48 min
Jun 20, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	26 min
Jun 20, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Woodbury	49 min
Jun 20, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	33 min
Jun 20, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt	49 min
Jun 20, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee, Plymouth	47 min
Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt	37 min
Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	28 min
Jun 20, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Ida, Woodbury	39 min
Jun 20, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury	49 min
Jun 20, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	48 min
Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Dixon	47 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Sioux	44 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	29 min
Jun 20, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	47 min
Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Woodbury	38 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard, Merrick	50 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	35 min
Jun 20, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Washington	30 min
Jun 20, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	44 min
Jun 20, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	26 min
Jun 20, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Woodbury	38 min
Jun 20, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	36 min
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard	33 min
Jun 20, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	39 min
Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Dixon	38 min
Jun 20, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	48 min
Jun 20, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	46 min
Jun 20, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	41 min
Jun 20, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Saunders, Seward	26 min
Jun 20, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard, Merrick	51 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan	47 min
Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	29 min
Jun 20, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	51 min
Jun 20, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	29 min
Jun 20, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	40 min
Jun 20, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	52 min
Jun 20, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	36 min
Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard	35 min
Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Woodbury	39 min
Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	39 min
Jun 20, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	46 min
Jun 20, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	44 min
Jun 20, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	25 min
Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	48 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	45 min
Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	27 min
Jun 20, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	41 min
Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	40 min
Jun 20, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 20, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	50 min
Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	30 min
Jun 20, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Merrick	40 min
Jun 20, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	53 min
Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas	49 min
Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	46 min
Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	45 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Lincoln	29 min
Jun 20, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	38 min
Jun 20, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	52 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	50 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	50 min
Jun 20, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Furnas, Gosper, Phelps	46 min
Jun 20, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	44 min
Jun 20, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick	45 min
Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt	117 min
Jun 20, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Washington	40 min
Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Wheeler	52 min
Jun 20, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Howard, Sherman	49 min
Jun 20, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Madison, Pierce	43 min
Jun 20, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	52 min
Jun 20, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	52 min
Jun 20, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders	34 min
Jun 20, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy, Saunders	33 min
Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	46 min
Jun 20, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard	52 min
Jun 20, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	44 min
Jun 20, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy, Saunders	45 min
Jun 20, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	27 min
Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Kearney	42 min
Jun 20, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Dodge	40 min
Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	22 min
Jun 20, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 2 more	52 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 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 16 more	95 min
Jun 20, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas and 16 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 11:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Colfax and 27 more	118 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2014 Every 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.