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Tornado Watch 108
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 15, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 33 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2013, 9:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 52 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.
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
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague, Wise | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 38 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 15, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 85 min |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garfield and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes and 8 more | 64 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2013Tornado Watches in Texas, 2013Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2013Every tornado watch in 2013
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.