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Tornado Watch 114
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 16, 2024, 2:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; 37 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2024, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 41 counties
Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton and 7 more | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Greeley, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 2 more | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Knox, Madison, Pierce | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Saunders, Seward | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders | 19 min |
| Apr 16, 6:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 15 min |
| Apr 16, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Polk, York | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Polk, York | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Graham, Gray and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Sedgwick and 2 more | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell and 6 more | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 4:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 19 more | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Douglas and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 1 more | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Hooker, Keya Paha, McPherson and 1 more | 90 min |
| Apr 16, 3:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Butler, Clay, Colfax, Fillmore, Greeley and 16 more | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 11:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 7 more | 92 min |
| Apr 16, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Madison and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston and 1 more | 87 min |
| Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston | 54 min |
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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.