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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 339
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 16, 2018, 6:51 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2018, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2018, 12:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 34 counties
Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 7 more | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 31 more | 83 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.