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Tornado Watch 192

May 6, 20248 counties in Kansas; 60 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 6, 2024, 8:41 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; 60 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2024, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 68 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Greene County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Worth County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 50%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	62 min
May 6, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	61 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	44 min
May 6, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	52 min
May 6, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	47 min
May 6, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more	53 min
May 6, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	65 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	31 min
May 6, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	41 min
May 6, 11:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	6 hr
May 6, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	30 min
May 6, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	40 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	30 min
May 6, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	29 min
May 6, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	26 min
May 6, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	26 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	54 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	69 min
May 6, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 4 more	53 min
May 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	31 min
May 6, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	30 min
May 6, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Ray	28 min
May 6, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Vernon	38 min
May 6, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	48 min
May 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	27 min
May 7, 12:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	26 min
May 7, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Christian, Greene, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and 2 more	53 min
May 7, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	36 min
May 7, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	33 min
May 7, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	32 min
May 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more	54 min
May 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk	37 min
May 7, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	36 min
May 7, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 4 more	65 min
May 7, 12:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	28 min
May 7, 12:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	28 min
May 7, 12:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Pettis	27 min
May 7, 12:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Greene	16 min
May 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 4 more	50 min
May 7, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	31 min
May 7, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
May 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	35 min
May 7, 1:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	28 min
May 7, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more	68 min
May 7, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Randolph, Saline	80 min
May 7, 1:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Randolph	31 min
May 7, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Cooper	29 min
May 7, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more	66 min
May 7, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	31 min
May 7, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	6 hr
May 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	55 min
May 7, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Schuyler	36 min
May 7, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Phelps and 5 more	63 min
May 7, 2:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	26 min
May 7, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Phelps, Shannon, Texas	40 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 2025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.0
Supercell composite: 18.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	114 min
May 6, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more	90 min
May 6, 8:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 16 more	84 min
May 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	55 min
May 6, 11:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	95 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 48 more	94 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Audrain, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway, Carter and 38 more	7 hr
May 7, 1:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone and 3 more	2 hr
May 7, 2:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Dent and 31 more	2 hr
May 7, 4:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 13 more	2 hr
May 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.