Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 30, 2003, 6:05 PM CDT for 20 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2003, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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.
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 114 min |
| Apr 30, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 35 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 17 more | 85 min |
| Apr 29, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Love | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall | 119 min |
| Apr 30, 4:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Greer, Harmon and 5 more | 118 min |
| Apr 29, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 6 more | 86 min |
| Apr 30, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Coleman, Concho, Edwards, Kimble, McCulloch and 4 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.