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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 282
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 19, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri; 24 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2018, 6:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 38 counties
Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell and 6 more | 114 min |
| Jul 19, 12:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall, Nemaha, Washington | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 3:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 11:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 38 more | 113 min |
| Jul 19, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Chase and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more | 92 min |
| Jul 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 45 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Caldwell, Callaway and 47 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Dent and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Schuyler, Scotland | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Ralls and 4 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.