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Tornado Watch 276

May 2, 20066 counties in Oklahoma; 43 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 2, 2006, 2:39 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 43 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2006, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
4 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 49 counties

Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.

What SPC expected

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

Two or more tornadoes
60%
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
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
70%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson65 min
May 2, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall53 min
May 2, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry67 min
May 2, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent53 min
May 2, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley55 min
May 2, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley54 min
May 2, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray59 min
May 2, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens54 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell53 min
May 2, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall61 min
May 2, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAGray25 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent62 min
May 2, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry61 min
May 2, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell60 min
May 2, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler53 min
May 2, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills51 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley45 min
May 2, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADonley56 min
May 2, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell3 hr
May 2, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall47 min
May 2, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill35 min
May 2, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBStonewall51 min
May 2, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle60 min
May 2, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan57 min
May 2, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell64 min
May 2, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon47 min
May 2, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills47 min
May 2, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBMotley32 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKent19 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry60 min
May 2, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle42 min
May 2, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress45 min
May 2, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke60 min
May 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBKing63 min
May 2, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth29 min
May 2, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman42 min
May 2, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson63 min
May 2, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Sterling, Tom Green33 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita60 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan30 min
May 2, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle44 min
May 2, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox35 min
May 2, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell29 min
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTJones, Taylor45 min
May 2, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Nolan26 min
May 2, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman35 min
May 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Irion, Runnels, Tom Green61 min
May 2, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan30 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger39 min
May 2, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox66 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Nolan30 min
May 2, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Tillman44 min
May 2, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Tillman44 min
May 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTNolan29 min
May 2, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan, Taylor31 min
May 2, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels28 min
May 2, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, McCulloch28 min
May 2, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCallahan27 min
May 2, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTBrown, Coleman23 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 Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 3 more84 min
May 2, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 21 more115 min
May 2, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 28 more9 hr
May 2, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens8 hr
May 2, 3:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 32 more113 min
May 2, 7:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 13 more97 min
May 2, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 10 more90 min
May 2, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 6 more23 min
May 2, 5:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 10 more94 min
May 2, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more5 hr
May 2, 6:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Carter, Comanche and 16 more90 min
May 2, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 25 more118 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.