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Tornado Watch 258

April 28, 200617 counties in Oklahoma; 54 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 28, 2006, 6:42 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 54 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2006, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 71 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
90%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTShackelford33 min
Apr 28, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTRunnels, Taylor56 min
Apr 28, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens58 min
Apr 28, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke37 min
Apr 28, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman39 min
Apr 28, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan61 min
Apr 28, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke46 min
Apr 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson41 min
Apr 28, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens62 min
Apr 28, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson62 min
Apr 28, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion41 min
Apr 28, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens47 min
Apr 28, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas59 min
Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan57 min
Apr 28, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion, Tom Green64 min
Apr 28, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Parker39 min
Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas40 min
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise44 min
Apr 28, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell57 min
Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green40 min
Apr 28, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker, Wise44 min
Apr 28, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Concho, Runnels26 min
Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague, Wise3 hr
Apr 28, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell38 min
Apr 28, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant51 min
Apr 28, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLove, Marshall3 hr
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Apr 28, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas3 hr
Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton33 min
Apr 28, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell66 min
Apr 28, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson45 min
Apr 29, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan51 min
Apr 29, 12:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague, Wise2 hr
Apr 29, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill34 min
Apr 29, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLove, Marshall3 hr
Apr 29, 1:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Apr 29, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell64 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas117 min
Apr 28, 10:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more97 min
Apr 28, 11:36 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more9 hr
Apr 28, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 5 more86 min
Apr 28, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 11 more53 min
Apr 28, 10:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Glasscock, Howard and 8 more92 min
Apr 28, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 10 more62 min
Apr 28, 1:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBriscoe, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hall and 7 more85 min
Apr 28, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more6 hr
Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Coke, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Foard and 17 more2 hr
Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 11 more2 hr
Apr 28, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 42 more87 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.