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Tornado Watch 212

May 22, 201911 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 22, 2019, 3:32 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2019, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 56 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Macon County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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: 80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 80%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 80%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

118 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min
May 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 22, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
May 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	52 min
May 22, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	49 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa	36 min
May 22, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	44 min
May 22, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	40 min
May 22, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa	23 min
May 22, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
May 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	47 min
May 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	50 min
May 22, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	44 min
May 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	9 hr
May 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	42 min
May 22, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	40 min
May 22, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	36 min
May 22, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	63 min
May 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	9 hr
May 22, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	60 min
May 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	56 min
May 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	45 min
May 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	43 min
May 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	9 hr
May 22, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	48 min
May 22, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	33 min
May 22, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	21 min
May 22, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	43 min
May 22, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	57 min
May 22, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	27 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Vernon	67 min
May 22, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	20 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	47 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	47 min
May 22, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	44 min
May 22, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	43 min
May 22, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	56 min
May 22, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	13 min
May 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho	54 min
May 22, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	38 min
May 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	67 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	64 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	34 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	49 min
May 22, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	47 min
May 22, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	42 min
May 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	41 min
May 22, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
May 22, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	51 min
May 22, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	49 min
May 22, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	64 min
May 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	42 min
May 22, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Saline	26 min
May 22, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	37 min
May 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	50 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	47 min
May 22, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	46 min
May 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry	30 min
May 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	30 min
May 22, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	43 min
May 22, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	37 min
May 22, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	52 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observed	SGF	Cherokee	51 min
May 22, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	34 min
May 22, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	30 min
May 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	29 min
May 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	7 hr
May 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis, Saline	41 min
May 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Randolph	23 min
May 22, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	6 hr
May 22, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	4 hr
May 22, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	62 min
May 22, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	19 min
May 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	45 min
May 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	42 min
May 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
May 22, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	24 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	34 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	31 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	20 min
May 22, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	43 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	26 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Jasper	41 min
May 22, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pawnee	40 min
May 22, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	50 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	44 min
May 22, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	41 min
May 22, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa, Washington	40 min
May 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	24 min
May 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Dade	45 min
May 22, 9:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	8 hr
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	27 min
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	27 min
May 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	41 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon, Randolph	27 min
May 22, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	51 min
May 22, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Delaware	3 hr
May 22, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	36 min
May 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	48 min
May 22, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	47 min
May 22, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	42 min
May 22, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	McDonald	50 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	34 min
May 22, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Delaware	48 min
May 22, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	44 min
May 22, 9:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	8 hr
May 22, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	29 min
May 22, 10:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	35 min
May 22, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	8 hr
May 22, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	32 min
May 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	12 min
May 22, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	45 min
May 22, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	45 min
May 22, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	52 min
May 22, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Macon, Randolph	4 hr
May 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	30 min
May 22, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	49 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 381 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more	114 min
May 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Labette	85 min
May 21, 7:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 10 more	83 min
May 21, 8:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Holt	59 min
May 21, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Perry, Scott, Stoddard	3 hr
May 22, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Knox and 9 more	7 hr
May 22, 5:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Knox, Lewis and 8 more	2 hr
May 22, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 27 more	93 min
May 22, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 24 more	7 hr
May 22, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more	97 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.