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Tornado Watch 158

April 29, 202245 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 29, 2022, 3:34 PM CDT for 45 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2022, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 54 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 60%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
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: 70%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	34 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	27 min
Apr 29, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	36 min
Apr 29, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	47 min
Apr 29, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	31 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	37 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	66 min
Apr 29, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	32 min
Apr 29, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	30 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	50 min
Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Washington	34 min
Apr 29, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	36 min
Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	32 min
Apr 29, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Riley, Washington	35 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	24 min
Apr 29, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	33 min
Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick	14 min
Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington	30 min
Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	37 min
Apr 29, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	21 min
Apr 29, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	23 min
Apr 29, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	46 min
Apr 29, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	31 min
Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	37 min
Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Marion	16 min
Apr 29, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Jefferson, Saline, Seward	44 min
Apr 29, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	43 min
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	41 min
Apr 29, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	36 min
Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson	39 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Apr 29, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 29, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Seward	28 min
Apr 29, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Johnson, Pawnee	26 min
Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	47 min
Apr 29, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Dickinson	17 min
Apr 29, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Marion	45 min
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	28 min
Apr 29, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	24 min
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	53 min
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	23 min
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	38 min
Apr 29, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Otoe	52 min
Apr 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	21 min
Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	50 min
Apr 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Harvey, Marion	29 min
Apr 29, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OAX	Cass, Nemaha, Otoe	43 min
Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	13 min
Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	12 min
Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	18 min
Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	22 min
Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	48 min
Apr 29, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Greenwood	62 min
Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	43 min
Apr 29, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Greenwood	42 min
Apr 29, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	40 min
Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	39 min
Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	24 min
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	22 min
Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	17 min
Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	46 min
Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	27 min
Apr 29, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Butler	54 min
Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	52 min
Apr 29, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Apr 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	16 min
Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	28 min
Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	49 min
Apr 29, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	17 min
Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	30 min
Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	36 min
Apr 29, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	24 min
Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	54 min
Apr 29, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	47 min
Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	28 min
Apr 29, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	66 min
Apr 29, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	28 min
Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	59 min
Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	42 min
Apr 29, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner	65 min
Apr 29, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Woodson	26 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 (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 1:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Dickinson and 19 more	2 hr
Apr 29, 12:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Smith	2 hr
Apr 29, 1:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	2 hr
Apr 29, 2:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Coffey, Cowley and 24 more	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and 2 more	96 min
Apr 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 11 more	2 hr
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Clay, Franklin, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 9 more	95 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.