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Tornado Watch 130

April 17, 202640 counties in Kansas; 46 counties in Missouri; 22 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 17, 2026, 1:40 PM CDT for 40 counties in Kansas; 46 counties in Missouri; 22 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2026, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 4 in
Strongest gust expected: 75 kt

All 108 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew 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, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 30%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	52 min
Apr 17, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway	42 min
Apr 17, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Marion	51 min
Apr 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	48 min
Apr 17, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	32 min
Apr 17, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	42 min
Apr 17, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	38 min
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	48 min
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston, Ray	48 min
Apr 17, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris	45 min
Apr 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy	44 min
Apr 17, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	43 min
Apr 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison	42 min
Apr 17, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	41 min
Apr 17, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	40 min
Apr 17, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	37 min
Apr 17, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Ray	35 min
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	18 min
Apr 17, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	59 min
Apr 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Doniphan	28 min
Apr 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	28 min
Apr 17, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	28 min
Apr 17, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more	39 min
Apr 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	67 min
Apr 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Marion	65 min
Apr 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Worth	50 min
Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	33 min
Apr 17, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Randolph	31 min
Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	38 min
Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	38 min
Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston	51 min
Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	35 min
Apr 17, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 1 more	64 min
Apr 17, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	31 min
Apr 17, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	37 min
Apr 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clinton, Platte	20 min
Apr 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	49 min
Apr 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	49 min
Apr 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	63 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	27 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Harrison, Mercer, Putnam	57 min
Apr 17, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	23 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	42 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	66 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan	36 min
Apr 17, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee	34 min
Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	45 min
Apr 17, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	39 min
Apr 17, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	23 min
Apr 17, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	67 min
Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick	64 min
Apr 17, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Sullivan	64 min
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Coffey, Osage	19 min
Apr 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	52 min
Apr 17, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	34 min
Apr 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	33 min
Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	40 min
Apr 17, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Anderson, Franklin, Osage	23 min
Apr 17, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	52 min
Apr 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	37 min
Apr 17, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	49 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson	48 min
Apr 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	27 min
Apr 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Linn, Miami	40 min
Apr 17, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	16 min
Apr 17, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	17 min
Apr 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	46 min
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	44 min
Apr 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 2 more	52 min
Apr 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods	49 min
Apr 17, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	48 min
Apr 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	33 min
Apr 17, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler	46 min
Apr 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	6 hr
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	3 hr
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Bates, Cass, Jackson	58 min
Apr 17, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	56 min
Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Grant	50 min
Apr 17, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Henry and 4 more	79 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	32 min
Apr 17, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte	28 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	38 min
Apr 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph	67 min
Apr 17, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood	33 min
Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Clay, Jackson	35 min
Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	50 min
Apr 17, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 hr
Apr 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	21 min
Apr 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	66 min
Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon, Schuyler	47 min
Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	11 min
Apr 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Major	31 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	44 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray and 1 more	43 min
Apr 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	20 min
Apr 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	30 min
Apr 17, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	43 min
Apr 17, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	56 min
Apr 17, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	49 min
Apr 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Noble	48 min
Apr 17, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	41 min
Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	42 min
Apr 17, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Bates	24 min
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	45 min
Apr 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Grant, Kay	24 min
Apr 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	51 min
Apr 17, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	49 min
Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	43 min
Apr 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	41 min
Apr 17, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Kay	40 min
Apr 17, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	35 min
Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Kay	27 min
Apr 17, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	26 min
Apr 17, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry	25 min
Apr 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair	6 hr
Apr 17, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	52 min
Apr 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	35 min
Apr 17, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	29 min
Apr 17, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	44 min
Apr 17, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	23 min
Apr 17, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	51 min
Apr 17, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	45 min
Apr 17, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton	6 hr
Apr 17, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	40 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan	39 min
Apr 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	52 min
Apr 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey	47 min
Apr 17, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	26 min
Apr 17, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	50 min
Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	27 min
Apr 17, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	23 min
Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps	51 min
Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	51 min
Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	48 min
Apr 17, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	53 min
Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	46 min
Apr 17, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey	67 min
Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	34 min
Apr 17, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	37 min
Apr 17, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	48 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 2338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 16.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Brown and 42 more	3 hr
Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 21 more	89 min
Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette	2 hr
Apr 17, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Cowley	2 hr
Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Scotland	9 hr
Apr 17, 3:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lewis and 12 more	56 min
Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 16 more	8 hr
Apr 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark	2 hr

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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.