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Tornado Watch 961
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 27, 2008, 7:41 AM CST for Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; 56 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2008, 7:41 AM CST (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 58 counties
Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 9:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 10 more | 85 min |
| Dec 27, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 37 more | 88 min |
| Dec 27, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 61 more | 117 min |
| Dec 27, 9:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard and 4 more | 56 min |
| Dec 27, 1:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 52 more | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Independence, Jackson and 10 more | 89 min |
| Dec 27, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas and 27 more | 2 hr |
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.