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Tornado Watch 783
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 21, 2006, 2:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma; 39 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2006, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2006, 10:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 61 counties
Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Sep 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 58 min |
| Sep 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 1 more | 114 min |
| Sep 21, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleveland, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Kay and 12 more | 87 min |
| Sep 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 8 more | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Kay, Lincoln, McIntosh and 12 more | 90 min |
| Sep 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 87 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.