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Tornado Watch 244

May 29, 201339 counties in Oklahoma

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Grady and 3 more45 min
May 29, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more42 min
May 29, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher67 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens45 min
May 29, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma and 1 more52 min
May 29, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant and 10 more62 min
May 29, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Harper, Kingfisher and 3 more38 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee62 min
May 29, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Logan and 3 more46 min
May 29, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grant, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 3 more52 min
May 29, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee32 min
May 29, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa57 min
May 29, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc60 min
May 29, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more57 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray58 min
May 29, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Washita72 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage45 min
May 29, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more46 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods, Woodward114 min
May 29, 2:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more65 min
May 29, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward4 hr
May 29, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer and 13 more2 hr
May 29, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 16 more11 hr
May 29, 2:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more114 min
May 29, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 18 more60 min
May 29, 6:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garfield and 19 more92 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.