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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 276

June 20, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2016, 4:10 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2016, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 84 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
50%
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
40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Dodge47 min
Jun 20, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Washington46 min
Jun 20, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie25 min
Jun 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray52 min
Jun 20, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Ray40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison and 7 more114 min
Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Lee and 2 more83 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 22 more63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.