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Tornado Watch 422

May 25, 19989 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 25, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Murray County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Knox County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	McCulloch	50 min
May 25, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Shackelford	50 min
May 25, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coke	64 min
May 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Nolan	50 min
May 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Irion, Tom Green	50 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Tom Green	48 min
May 25, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hamilton	65 min
May 25, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Concho, Tom Green	48 min
May 25, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Runnels	64 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Concho	51 min
May 25, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Concho, Runnels	65 min

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 25 more	7 hr
May 25, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair	6 hr
May 25, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 47 more	6 hr
May 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 32 more	6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Texas, 1998 Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1998 Every tornado watch in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.