Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 278
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 24, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT for 25 counties in Oklahoma; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham 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, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Childress | 59 min |
| May 24, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 51 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 44 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 35 min |
| May 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 37 min |
| May 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 30 min |
| May 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 38 min |
| May 24, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 37 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Hughes and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Hughes, Lincoln and 11 more | 96 min |
| May 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 10 more | 118 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Kay, Noble | 93 min |
| May 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 20 more | 87 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.