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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 248
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 30, 2018, 3:50 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2018, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 33 counties
Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Marion County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Woods County, OK
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Major, Woods | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Noble | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Noble, Payne | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 59 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 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Lane and 12 more | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 18 more | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey, Doniphan and 19 more | 95 min |
| Jun 30, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Logan and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 8 more | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 25 more | 92 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.