Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 872
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 29, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT for 9 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Missouri; 19 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 43 min |
| Oct 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 62 min |
| Oct 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 28 min |
| Oct 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 37 min |
| Oct 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 64 min |
| Oct 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 64 min |
| Oct 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 41 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.