Tornado Watch 223

Issued

Apr 26, 2011, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 2011, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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.

Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

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

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 602Apr 26, 6:43 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 608Apr 26, 8:53 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 611Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 613Apr 27, 3:29 AM CDT

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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.