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Tornado Watch 233

May 24, 201927 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 24, 2019, 2:18 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2019, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 52 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
50%
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
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods30 min
May 24, 2:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick and 1 more7 hr
May 24, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood48 min
May 24, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase, Marion5 hr
May 24, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills46 min
May 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion60 min
May 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner52 min
May 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner60 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward35 min
May 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods30 min
May 24, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood67 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Cowley39 min
May 24, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major47 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon44 min
May 24, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon50 min
May 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward49 min
May 24, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase, Greenwood36 min
May 24, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler33 min
May 24, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey52 min
May 24, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick49 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major48 min
May 24, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Greenwood43 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson54 min
May 24, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble4 hr
May 24, 5:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris4 hr
May 24, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage33 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Sedgwick27 min
May 24, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble38 min
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick2 hr
May 24, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey, Major3 hr
May 24, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant52 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin21 min
May 24, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage48 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion, Woodson59 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward44 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Osage18 min
May 24, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher50 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman61 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage43 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey40 min
May 24, 6:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood13 hr
May 24, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield38 min
May 24, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson4 hr
May 24, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble39 min
May 24, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Osage4 hr
May 24, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher, Washita43 min
May 24, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage56 min
May 24, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin4 hr
May 24, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher4 hr
May 24, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley, Sumner3 hr
May 24, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Elk, Greenwood, Woodson62 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Major47 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more61 min
May 24, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble44 min
May 24, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan40 min
May 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne49 min
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk, Sumner60 min
May 24, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin42 min
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyICTGreenwood3 hr
May 24, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee6 hr
May 24, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kay, Logan, Noble, Payne46 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin30 min
May 24, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee55 min
May 24, 7:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWoodson12 hr
May 24, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa and 1 more67 min
May 24, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan35 min
May 24, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay41 min
May 24, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Logan, Noble, Payne4 hr
May 24, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk3 hr
May 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee62 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher46 min
May 24, 8:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson3 hr
May 24, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman4 hr
May 24, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble6 hr
May 24, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne4 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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 23, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth and 31 more83 min
May 23, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMarshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington4 hr
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark88 min
May 23, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford4 hr
May 23, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 21 more87 min
May 24, 1:37 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 33 more5 hr
May 24, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 11 more115 min
May 24, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDoniphan4 hr
May 24, 6:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan2 hr
May 24, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 25 more2 hr
May 24, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more5 hr
May 23, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills97 min
May 24, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more4 hr
May 24, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Harmon114 min
May 24, 4:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek and 10 more32 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 10 more5 hr
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Kiowa, Tillman56 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.