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Tornado Watch 276
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 28, 2019, 2:52 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2019, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 49 counties
Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 70%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
38 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 50 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 40 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 50 min |
| May 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 3 hr |
| May 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 49 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma | 37 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| May 28, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 26 min |
| May 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain | 48 min |
| May 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain | 30 min |
| May 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 34 min |
| May 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 38 min |
| May 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 39 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Stephens | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 25 min |
| May 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 66 min |
| May 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 29 min |
| May 28, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens | 51 min |
| May 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens | 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Ellis, Graham, Jewell, Lane and 13 more | 56 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| May 27, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 27, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Republic | 63 min |
| May 28, 1:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 2 hr |
| May 28, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 4 hr |
| May 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 19 more | 96 min |
| May 28, 12:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 20 more | 86 min |
| May 28, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 21 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk and 13 more | 88 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Nemaha | 95 min |
| May 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 7 more | 93 min |
| May 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson and 13 more | 87 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Republic, Washington | 94 min |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 3 more | 67 min |
| May 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.