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Tornado Watch 105

April 13, 202610 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
10%
Ten or more severe wind reports
20%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
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
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage37 min
Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon29 min
Apr 13, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage54 min
Apr 13, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee35 min
Apr 13, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin, Osage32 min
Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon30 min
Apr 13, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee37 min
Apr 13, 7:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPFranklin39 min
Apr 13, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage36 min
Apr 13, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson36 min
Apr 13, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn48 min
Apr 13, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas31 min
Apr 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXJohnson, Miami45 min
Apr 13, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage26 min
Apr 13, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami37 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin17 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin, Osage32 min
Apr 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin50 min
Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami46 min
Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn31 min
Apr 13, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami27 min
Apr 13, 8:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXLinn25 min
Apr 13, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami19 min
Apr 13, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami46 min
Apr 13, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBates32 min
Apr 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami34 min
Apr 13, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette41 min
Apr 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Henry, Johnson40 min
Apr 13, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline38 min
Apr 13, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami34 min
Apr 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis47 min
Apr 13, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass36 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2026-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2026-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 22 more2 hr
Apr 13, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDouglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Osage and 2 more55 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.