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Tornado Watch 150

April 26, 202614 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 26, 2026, 3:22 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2026, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2026, 10:56 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 30 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 30%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	52 min
Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Miami	57 min
Apr 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen, Woodson	58 min
Apr 26, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	15 min
Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	25 min
Apr 26, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Linn, Miami	46 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn	24 min
Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Bourbon	52 min
Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	50 min
Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	35 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Miami	12 min
Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Elk	52 min
Apr 26, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	51 min
Apr 26, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	65 min
Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	50 min
Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	39 min
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	51 min
Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	48 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Montgomery, Wilson	62 min
Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barton, Jasper	57 min
Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	47 min
Apr 26, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	61 min
Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Montgomery, Wilson	43 min
Apr 26, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	41 min
Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	39 min
Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Montgomery	43 min
Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	62 min
Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	41 min
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	38 min
Apr 26, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	63 min
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	15 min
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Greene, Polk	60 min
Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	57 min
Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	48 min
Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	51 min
Apr 26, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	29 min
Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	44 min
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	41 min
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	23 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Polk	47 min
Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	46 min
Apr 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	41 min
Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	30 min
Apr 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	61 min
Apr 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Neosho	57 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	51 min
Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Wilson	31 min
Apr 26, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Polk	39 min
Apr 26, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk	63 min
Apr 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	21 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Labette	4 hr
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	46 min
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	14 min
Apr 26, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	45 min
Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cherokee	52 min
Apr 26, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	66 min
Apr 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	48 min
Apr 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Cherokee	43 min
Apr 26, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	55 min
Apr 26, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	38 min
Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	35 min
Apr 26, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	41 min
Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cherokee	38 min
Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	38 min
Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	36 min
Apr 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	49 min
Apr 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	42 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chautauqua, Montgomery	2 hr
Apr 25, 8:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kiowa, Pratt	85 min
Apr 26, 11:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 27 more	96 min
Apr 26, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 33 more	9 hr
Apr 26, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 20 more	97 min
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cedar and 34 more	88 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	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.