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Tornado Watch 862

November 14, 200525 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Missouri; 39 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 14, 2005, 9:28 PM CST for 25 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Missouri; 39 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2005, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 5:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 9:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell8 hr
Nov 14, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton42 min
Nov 14, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion, Searcy41 min
Nov 14, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa33 min
Nov 14, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers42 min
Nov 14, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig52 min
Nov 14, 10:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter32 min
Nov 14, 11:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr
Nov 14, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton39 min
Nov 14, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald17 min
Nov 15, 12:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence6 hr
Nov 15, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene61 min
Nov 15, 1:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon, Shannon, Texas4 hr

Discussions around it

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 150328
SEL2  
SPC WW 150328
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-151100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 862
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN MISSOURI
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CHANDLER
OKLAHOMA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

DISCUSSION...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RAPIDLY SPREADING NWD ACROSS
AREA AHEAD OF DEEPENING SYSTEM UPSTREAM.  STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN
SUPPORT OF SUPERCELLS IN PLACE AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE FURTHER
OVERNIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY ALONG AND N OF NWD MOVING WARM FRONT.  SUPERCELLS ARE
EXPECTED WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR TORNADOES OVERNIGHT AS SEVERE
PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...HALES

363,0972 373,0910 352,0910 342,0972

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 8:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 28 more3 hr
Nov 14, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more7 hr
Nov 15, 2:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 28 more113 min
Nov 15, 6:04 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 66 more116 min
Nov 15, 7:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Columbia and 29 more8 hr
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 34 more9 hr
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 67 more2 hr
Nov 15, 12:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland and 30 more116 min
Nov 14, 11:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 12 more97 min
Nov 15, 2:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 3 more63 min
Nov 15, 7:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Holt, Nodaway4 hr
Nov 15, 8:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dallas and 19 more59 min
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 5 more7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.