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Tornado Watch 702
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 22, 2010, 2:43 PM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2010, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 32 counties
Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Murray County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
- 40%
- 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
- 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
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 52 min |
| Oct 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 21 min |
| Oct 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 46 min |
| Oct 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harmon | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 4 more | 117 min |
| Oct 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Texas, 2010Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2010Every tornado watch in 2010
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.