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Tornado Watch 146
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 31, 2008, 8:44 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 8:44 AM CDT (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 87 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray 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, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- 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
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
104 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 9:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 9:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Polk | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 10:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 93 min |
| Mar 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 12:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa | 89 min |
| Mar 31, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Wagoner | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair | 81 min |
| Mar 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 70 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cedar, Polk | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Polk and 1 more | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence | 73 min |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Oregon, Ozark and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 68 min |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 29 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.7
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 34 more | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 45 more | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 85 min |
| Mar 31, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson and 16 more | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Osage and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pawnee | 90 min |
| Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cotton, Jefferson and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 56 min |
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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.