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Tornado Watch 303

June 10, 20264 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 10, 2026, 2:12 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2026, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 78 counties

Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
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

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry	49 min
Jun 10, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam	40 min
Jun 10, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Monroe	38 min
Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb	38 min
Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	51 min
Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	48 min
Jun 10, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	46 min
Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Worth	45 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello	63 min
Jun 10, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Sullivan	62 min
Jun 10, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	43 min
Jun 10, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	39 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Putnam	48 min
Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	35 min
Jun 10, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	38 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	19 min
Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	48 min
Jun 10, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston and 1 more	62 min
Jun 10, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb	41 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	54 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	39 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DMX	Appanoose	38 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston	9 hr
Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	47 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	19 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Putnam, Schuyler	15 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	DMX	Davis	55 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	40 min
Jun 10, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	37 min
Jun 10, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	43 min
Jun 10, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	41 min
Jun 10, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Linn, Sullivan	50 min
Jun 10, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	59 min
Jun 10, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	44 min
Jun 10, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	40 min
Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan	50 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	41 min
Jun 10, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Jun 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	51 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	20 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Geary, Riley	35 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Adair, Macon	48 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Rice	77 min
Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	25 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	20 min
Jun 10, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	18 min
Jun 10, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	66 min
Jun 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis	6 hr
Jun 10, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	41 min
Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	25 min
Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Sullivan	53 min
Jun 10, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	51 min
Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	65 min
Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	60 min
Jun 10, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	52 min
Jun 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	50 min
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	32 min
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	46 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson	58 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	5 hr
Jun 10, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	41 min
Jun 10, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	30 min
Jun 10, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley, Wabaunsee	24 min
Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	66 min
Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	51 min
Jun 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	12 min
Jun 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Sullivan	44 min
Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	37 min
Jun 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	6 hr
Jun 10, 8:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	4 hr
Jun 10, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Rice	43 min
Jun 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	18 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	42 min
Jun 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	39 min
Jun 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase, Marion	74 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	27 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	24 min
Jun 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Schuyler	5 hr
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	21 min
Jun 10, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Reno, Rice	60 min
Jun 10, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Rice	43 min
Jun 10, 9:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	6 hr
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	28 min
Jun 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	26 min
Jun 10, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	38 min
Jun 10, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	14 min
Jun 10, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	3 hr
Jun 10, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase	31 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Lyon	47 min
Jun 10, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon	15 min
Jun 10, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	15 min
Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno	61 min
Jun 10, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Adair, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Sullivan	3 hr

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 328 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: 512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harrison, Monona	91 min
Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more	5 hr
Jun 10, 7:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Cedar, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 16 more	2 hr
Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 27 more	2 hr
Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 8 more	9 hr
Jun 10, 1:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson	2 hr
Jun 10, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 24 more	2 hr
Jun 10, 2:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Floyd and 14 more	2 hr
Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	85 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson and 11 more	7 hr
Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Van Buren, Wayne	63 min
Jun 10, 5:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Howard, Winneshiek	88 min
Jun 10, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Fremont, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor and 1 more	93 min
Jun 9, 9:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 13 more	91 min
Jun 10, 2:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pike, Ralls	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.