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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 47

April 2, 201438 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 2, 2014, 7:25 PM CDT for 38 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2014, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 3:12 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 38 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
10%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno27 min
Apr 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin47 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen46 min
Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk36 min
Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin27 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson48 min
Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline29 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin39 min
Apr 2, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick23 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary40 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin49 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson33 min
Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner47 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno30 min
Apr 2, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Wilson, Woodson43 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 2, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler34 min
Apr 2, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson47 min
Apr 2, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno38 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood35 min
Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson31 min
Apr 2, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee40 min
Apr 2, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee39 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey63 min
Apr 2, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson4 hr
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood33 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson31 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee28 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion43 min
Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Greenwood, Woodson60 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson64 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson29 min
Apr 3, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris51 min
Apr 3, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson46 min
Apr 3, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen66 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 427 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
427 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more54 min
Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more7 hr
Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chase, Clay and 28 more90 min
Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 9 more55 min
Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas and 8 more116 min
Apr 3, 12:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more87 min
Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford8 hr

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.