Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 220
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 26, 2018, 8:58 AM CDT for 32 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2018, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 4:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 32 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 18 min |
| Jun 26, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 20 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellis and 18 more | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Franklin and 5 more | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Montgomery and 1 more | 89 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.