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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 190

June 18, 2018Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 18, 2018, 10:42 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2018, 10:42 PM MDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2018, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
20%
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
50%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 11:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma41 min

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Logan, Morgan, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Jun 18, 8:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Logan, Morgan and 2 more119 min
Jun 18, 10:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Weld2 hr
Jun 19, 11:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 19 more117 min
Jun 19, 12:25 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 24 more7 hr
Jun 19, 1:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 24 more2 hr
Jun 19, 4:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSedgwick2 hr
Jun 19, 2:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 33 more2 hr
Jun 19, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 38 more7 hr
Jun 19, 5:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 25 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Colorado, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2018Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2018

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.