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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 192

June 19, 201844 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 19, 2018, 3:38 PM CDT for 44 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2018, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2018, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 59 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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: 10%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	66 min
Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	49 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Kearny	57 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	66 min
Jun 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	31 min
Jun 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	67 min
Jun 19, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	36 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	47 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	40 min
Jun 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	33 min
Jun 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny	33 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	53 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	38 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	50 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Scott	6 hr
Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	51 min
Jun 19, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	41 min
Jun 19, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	55 min
Jun 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	54 min
Jun 19, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	6 hr
Jun 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	34 min
Jun 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	48 min
Jun 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	41 min
Jun 19, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Harlan	31 min
Jun 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	43 min
Jun 19, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	40 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	63 min
Jun 19, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	46 min
Jun 19, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	17 min
Jun 19, 5:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	5 hr
Jun 19, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	36 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	41 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	48 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	45 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Trego	5 hr
Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Wallace	49 min
Jun 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	61 min
Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Webster	30 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	29 min
Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton	27 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	38 min
Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	33 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	45 min
Jun 19, 6:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Thayer	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	42 min
Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	40 min
Jun 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Webster	24 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	53 min
Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	52 min
Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	22 min
Jun 19, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	38 min
Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	23 min
Jun 19, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	31 min
Jun 19, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	16 min
Jun 19, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	40 min
Jun 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	16 min
Jun 19, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	46 min
Jun 19, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	61 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	6 hr
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	56 min
Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	40 min
Jun 19, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	28 min
Jun 19, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	63 min
Jun 19, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	48 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	55 min
Jun 19, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	53 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	36 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	21 min
Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	17 min
Jun 19, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	46 min
Jun 19, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	41 min
Jun 19, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	41 min
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	3 hr
Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	6 hr
Jun 19, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	49 min
Jun 19, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	49 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	44 min
Jun 19, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	56 min
Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	53 min
Jun 19, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	6 hr
Jun 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hamilton, Kearny	55 min
Jun 19, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	23 min
Jun 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	49 min
Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	44 min
Jun 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	21 min
Jun 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	5 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott	54 min
Jun 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	53 min
Jun 19, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	4 hr
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Jun 19, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	46 min
Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	2 hr
Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	53 min
Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	50 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	44 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 2 more	65 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	53 min
Jun 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	33 min
Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	62 min
Jun 19, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan, Phelps	29 min
Jun 19, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	53 min
Jun 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	5 hr
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	65 min
Jun 19, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more	57 min
Jun 19, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens	55 min
Jun 19, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	48 min
Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	46 min
Jun 19, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman, Ness	14 min
Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more	67 min
Jun 19, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	35 min
Jun 19, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more	60 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne	3 hr
Jun 19, 3:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 33 more	2 hr
Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 25 more	2 hr
Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Scotts Bluff	6 hr
Jun 18, 9:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	119 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Chase, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes and 6 more	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.