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Tornado Watch 82
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 23, 2010, 5:41 PM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 44 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2010, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 53 counties
Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Falls County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Walker County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- 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
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Robertson | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 70 min |
| Apr 24, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 76 min |
| Apr 24, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 82 min |
| Apr 24, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 72 min |
| Apr 24, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 1:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Hempstead and 9 more | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 14 more | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 9 more | 115 min |
| Apr 23, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 29 more | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead and 26 more | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 2 more | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 24 more | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield and 4 more | 119 min |
| Apr 22, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 16 more | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett and 20 more | 6 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.