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Tornado Watch 42

March 8, 200617 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 8, 2006, 5:30 PM CST for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2006, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston 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, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 9:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan31 min
Mar 8, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTThrockmorton31 min
Mar 8, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor41 min
Mar 8, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay49 min
Mar 8, 11:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray39 min
Mar 8, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson66 min
Mar 8, 11:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNClay14 min
Mar 8, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray46 min
Mar 8, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc62 min
Mar 8, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLove46 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
Mar 7, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major and 4 more7 hr
Mar 7, 9:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Nowata and 5 more87 min
Mar 8, 9:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha58 min
Mar 8, 12:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore2 hr
Mar 8, 1:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleveland, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain and 1 more2 hr
Mar 8, 4:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln and 16 more35 min
Mar 8, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Hughes and 21 more4 hr
Mar 8, 5:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 9 more25 min
Mar 7, 6:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Terrell, Upton65 min

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2006Tornado Watches in Texas, 2006Every tornado watch in 2006

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.