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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 89

May 14, 201834 counties in Kansas; 62 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 2018, 1:20 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 62 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2018, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt
All 96 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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
70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
40%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
40%
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson, Lafayette24 min
May 14, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon52 min
May 14, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray51 min
May 14, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory51 min
May 14, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette26 min
May 14, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline26 min
May 14, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood31 min
May 14, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette35 min
May 14, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey47 min
May 14, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Saline32 min
May 14, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris41 min
May 14, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph25 min
May 14, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson38 min
May 14, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson42 min
May 14, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard26 min
May 14, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis23 min
May 14, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis31 min
May 14, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey43 min
May 14, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph28 min
May 14, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe41 min
May 14, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee38 min
May 14, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone51 min
May 14, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen64 min
May 14, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard33 min
May 14, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey45 min
May 14, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan51 min
May 14, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson61 min
May 14, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee46 min
May 14, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper30 min
May 14, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway43 min
May 14, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Morgan50 min
May 14, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Woodson4 hr
May 14, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Ralls44 min
May 14, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey7 hr
May 14, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls and 1 more74 min
May 14, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Woodson54 min
May 14, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee51 min
May 14, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway30 min
May 14, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon54 min
May 14, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee35 min
May 14, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway27 min
May 14, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau20 min
May 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson57 min
May 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden42 min
May 14, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Warren67 min
May 14, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton47 min
May 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon45 min
May 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage32 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Pike, Ralls75 min
May 14, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner57 min
May 14, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis56 min
May 14, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler39 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski68 min
May 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson34 min
May 14, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon62 min
May 14, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade45 min
May 14, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson44 min
May 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson64 min
May 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon46 min
May 14, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood43 min
May 14, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey42 min
May 14, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon50 min
May 14, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage49 min
May 14, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley, Sumner48 min
May 14, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage30 min
May 14, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon42 min
May 14, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon57 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Wilson, Woodson55 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee40 min
May 14, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Osage36 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis19 min
May 14, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis61 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley53 min
May 14, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage20 min
May 14, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan30 min
May 14, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage32 min
May 14, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee42 min
May 14, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington52 min
May 14, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee33 min
May 14, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau45 min
May 14, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon25 min
May 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood, Marion67 min
May 14, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee47 min
May 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson61 min
May 14, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon4 hr
May 14, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee22 min
May 14, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley33 min
May 14, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley45 min
May 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion33 min
May 14, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Neosho58 min
May 14, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie40 min
May 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee37 min
May 14, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee23 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood, Woodson59 min
May 14, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley27 min
May 14, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford40 min
May 14, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner68 min
May 14, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick63 min
May 14, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson11 min
May 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood, Woodson23 min
May 14, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley65 min
May 14, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper, Sumner11 min
May 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Butler, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson17 min
May 14, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner64 min
May 14, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson and 1 more62 min
May 14, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley31 min
May 14, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley18 min
May 14, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more67 min
May 14, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley28 min
May 14, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley29 min
May 14, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford51 min
May 14, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson61 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2018-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2018-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess and 6 more2 hr
May 14, 2:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt and 32 more53 min
May 14, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun and 59 more6 hr
May 14, 6:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clinton and 36 more84 min
May 13, 7:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 7 more91 min
May 13, 8:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 22 more3 hr
May 14, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 13 more96 min
May 14, 5:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Sherman, Wallace116 min
May 14, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 10 more2 hr
May 14, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey and 16 more6 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.