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Tornado Watch 125

April 5, 20055 counties in Arkansas; 15 counties in Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 5, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 15 counties in Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Little River County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole49 min
Apr 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes50 min
Apr 5, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston38 min
Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal52 min
Apr 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes32 min
Apr 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg91 min
Apr 5, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan40 min
Apr 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson65 min
Apr 5, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton72 min
Apr 5, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal47 min
Apr 5, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas17 min
Apr 5, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer84 min
Apr 5, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin47 min
Apr 5, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan44 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha117 min
Apr 5, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell65 min
Apr 5, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka46 min
Apr 5, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg61 min
Apr 5, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin67 min
Apr 5, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha55 min
Apr 5, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas55 min
Apr 5, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis54 min
Apr 5, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell50 min
Apr 5, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw66 min
Apr 5, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro52 min
Apr 5, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer47 min
Apr 5, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore54 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha48 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell48 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt65 min
Apr 5, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar58 min
Apr 5, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMcCurtain66 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson78 min
Apr 5, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro16 min
Apr 5, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins64 min
Apr 5, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian62 min
Apr 5, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro45 min
Apr 5, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson67 min
Apr 5, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone58 min
Apr 5, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River65 min
Apr 5, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMcCurtain60 min
Apr 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk64 min
Apr 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Titus49 min
Apr 5, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith46 min
Apr 5, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSevier44 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington7 hr
Apr 5, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington95 min
Apr 5, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Washington55 min
Apr 5, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Creek, Hughes, McIntosh and 10 more92 min
Apr 5, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Washita, Woods and 1 more2 hr
Apr 5, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware and 13 more2 hr
Apr 5, 2:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Burnet, Coryell, Gillespie, Kendall and 6 more96 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.