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Tornado Watch 244
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 29, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT for 39 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 39 counties
Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Grady and 3 more | 45 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher | 67 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant and 10 more | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Harper, Kingfisher and 3 more | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Logan and 3 more | 46 min |
| May 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grant, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 3 more | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 58 min |
| May 29, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Washita | 72 min |
| May 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| May 29, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more | 46 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 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods, Woodward | 114 min |
| May 29, 2:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more | 65 min |
| May 29, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward | 4 hr |
| May 29, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more | 114 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 18 more | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garfield and 19 more | 92 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.