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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 453

August 16, 201730 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 36 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 16, 2017, 2:48 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 36 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2017, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 80 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler57 min
Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood19 min
Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood41 min
Aug 16, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood48 min
Aug 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon28 min
Aug 16, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford53 min
Aug 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood28 min
Aug 16, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper62 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson56 min
Aug 16, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper18 min
Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey50 min
Aug 16, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner44 min
Aug 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen63 min
Aug 16, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor43 min
Aug 16, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn49 min
Aug 16, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon63 min
Aug 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson57 min
Aug 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major36 min
Aug 16, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson33 min
Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major46 min
Aug 16, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Ray40 min
Aug 16, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey39 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis34 min
Aug 16, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay51 min
Aug 16, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry32 min
Aug 16, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage58 min
Aug 16, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua30 min
Aug 16, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford6 hr
Aug 16, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kay, Noble63 min
Aug 16, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer58 min
Aug 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee56 min
Aug 16, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington53 min
Aug 16, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher34 min
Aug 16, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Noble, Payne27 min
Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson40 min
Aug 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita52 min
Aug 16, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington66 min
Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Logan and 1 more60 min
Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington60 min
Aug 16, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne59 min
Aug 16, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Greer, Kiowa, Washita36 min
Aug 16, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr
Aug 16, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma38 min
Aug 16, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita61 min
Aug 16, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne55 min
Aug 16, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa47 min
Aug 16, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche25 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
Aug 16, 5:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Geary, Lincoln, Ottawa2 hr
Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 19 more117 min
Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 16 more88 min
Aug 16, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 43 more3 hr
Aug 16, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lewis and 11 more2 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.