Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 249
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 29, 2013, 10:44 PM CDT for 54 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 54 counties
Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton 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, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall 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, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha 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 Norman radar (KTLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 29, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 25 min |
| May 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 11 more | 84 min |
| May 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 21 more | 65 min |
| May 30, 3:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 21 more | 87 min |
| May 30, 11:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore and 8 more | 91 min |
| May 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 20 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 38 more | 10 hr |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland and 38 more | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 29 more | 113 min |
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.