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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 185
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 16, 2015, 10:27 PM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 21 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2015, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 2:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 23 counties
Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Adair County, MO, Bates County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 39 min |
| May 16, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 16, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 36 min |
| May 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess | 29 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 42 min |
| May 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Lafayette, Livingston and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 17, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 47 min |
| May 17, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 27 min |
| May 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Saline and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 89 min |
| May 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more | 96 min |
| May 16, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| May 17, 1:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Cole, Dallas and 20 more | 92 min |
| May 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Camden, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Crawford, Dent, Howell, Iron, Oregon and 6 more | 93 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2015Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2015
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.