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Tornado Watch 216
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2016, 2:09 PM CDT for 16 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2016, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 54 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Polk County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 90%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
36 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 20 min |
| May 26, 2:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 33 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 2 more | 49 min |
| May 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 28 min |
| May 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette | 26 min |
| May 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 41 min |
| May 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 41 min |
| May 26, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 5 hr |
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Ray | 23 min |
| May 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 23 min |
| May 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Ray | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 6 hr |
| May 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 15 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 3 hr |
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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted.
144
WWUS20 KWNS 261906
SEL6
SPC WW 261906
IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-270300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 216
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA
EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
NORTHWEST MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL MO...WHILE NEW STORMS SPREAD INTO THE
REGION...AND SOUTHERN IA...FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES
MOINES IOWA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF OLATHE KANSAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213...WW 214...WW 215...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HARTSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Ida, Monona, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 20 more | 86 min |
| May 26, 10:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Page, Taylor | 57 min |
| May 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Page, Taylor | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 28 more | 115 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 23 more | 83 min |
| May 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 28 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 51 more | 10 hr |
| May 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wyandotte | 94 min |
| May 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark and 25 more | 95 min |
| May 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | New Madrid, Pemiscot | 2 hr |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 15 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2016Tornado Watches in Iowa, 2016Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2016Every tornado watch in 2016
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.