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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 500
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 27, 2016, 11:52 PM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2016, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 26 counties
Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 11:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Johnston and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 28, 7:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Cass, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Houston and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harrison, Jasper, Marion, Newton, Orange, Panola and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 3 more | 118 min |
| Nov 28, 2:23 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Newton, Orange, Sabine | 2 hr |
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.