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Tornado Watch 111

April 30, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 30, 2019, 12:02 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2019, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2019, 12:57 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 92 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa 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, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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
70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
50%
Ten or more severe wind reports
80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
90%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

168 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata43 min
Apr 30, 12:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc37 min
Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa48 min
Apr 30, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne15 min
Apr 30, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc25 min
Apr 30, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig16 min
Apr 30, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa39 min
Apr 30, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison30 min
Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton53 min
Apr 30, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison20 min
Apr 30, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington40 min
Apr 30, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington43 min
Apr 30, 1:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee6 hr
Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford6 hr
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Newton46 min
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner46 min
Apr 30, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington45 min
Apr 30, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald64 min
Apr 30, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers53 min
Apr 30, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner46 min
Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman45 min
Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata25 min
Apr 30, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton39 min
Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence38 min
Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner38 min
Apr 30, 3:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTLabette, Montgomery22 min
Apr 30, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman50 min
Apr 30, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington49 min
Apr 30, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney50 min
Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence31 min
Apr 30, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma42 min
Apr 30, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Tillman40 min
Apr 30, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark48 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney17 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa47 min
Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton45 min
Apr 30, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington6 hr
Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton39 min
Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski39 min
Apr 30, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark24 min
Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington47 min
Apr 30, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman45 min
Apr 30, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton42 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence41 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone41 min
Apr 30, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens39 min
Apr 30, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll26 min
Apr 30, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Logan, Oklahoma52 min
Apr 30, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain48 min
Apr 30, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone51 min
Apr 30, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma3 hr
Apr 30, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski18 min
Apr 30, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa49 min
Apr 30, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton29 min
Apr 30, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee42 min
Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence25 min
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Carroll50 min
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone, Taney50 min
Apr 30, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Stephens42 min
Apr 30, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne41 min
Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton52 min
Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens24 min
Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa19 min
Apr 30, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa40 min
Apr 30, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone46 min
Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman44 min
Apr 30, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie52 min
Apr 30, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLabette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson65 min
Apr 30, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Stephens2 hr
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton30 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Taney44 min
Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington39 min
Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr
Apr 30, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa32 min
Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Taney44 min
Apr 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove30 min
Apr 30, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman48 min
Apr 30, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford45 min
Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne119 min
Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata44 min
Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton28 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney15 min
Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford6 hr
Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa30 min
Apr 30, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton29 min
Apr 30, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa6 hr
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCrawford14 min
Apr 30, 6:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFDouglas29 min
Apr 30, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry49 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney48 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, Newton20 min
Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, St. Clair and 1 more39 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry19 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa32 min
Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie51 min
Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton50 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton49 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas49 min
Apr 30, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Stone, Taney6 hr
Apr 30, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole43 min
Apr 30, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, St. Clair and 1 more47 min
Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie3 hr
Apr 30, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas, Wright41 min
Apr 30, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain and 1 more3 hr
Apr 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Greene, Polk48 min
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence6 hr
Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade29 min
Apr 30, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Polk24 min
Apr 30, 7:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster, Wright5 hr
Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence34 min
Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 3 more6 hr
Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory and 2 more54 min
Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson39 min
Apr 30, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Morgan and 2 more6 hr
Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton51 min
Apr 30, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTexas, Wright46 min
Apr 30, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Polk38 min
Apr 30, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone51 min
Apr 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Polk49 min
Apr 30, 8:20 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatSGFGreene25 min
Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Polk17 min
Apr 30, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWebster27 min
Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Laclede27 min
Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan40 min
Apr 30, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone, Taney50 min
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas, Wright6 hr
Apr 30, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright42 min
Apr 30, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa6 hr
Apr 30, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Taney23 min
Apr 30, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas23 min
Apr 30, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski25 min
Apr 30, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Webster, Wright39 min
Apr 30, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan23 min
Apr 30, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede, Wright34 min
Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston48 min
Apr 30, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney46 min
Apr 30, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal46 min
Apr 30, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller28 min
Apr 30, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Webster, Wright25 min
Apr 30, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Murray3 hr
Apr 30, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas52 min
Apr 30, 9:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOUNAtoka, Bryan50 min
Apr 30, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright44 min
Apr 30, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Texas, Wright40 min
Apr 30, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg41 min
Apr 30, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski, Texas23 min
Apr 30, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes18 min
Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas47 min
Apr 30, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas53 min
Apr 30, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal44 min
Apr 30, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg23 min
Apr 30, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDent, Phelps21 min
Apr 30, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon, Texas33 min
Apr 30, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent39 min
Apr 30, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg24 min
Apr 30, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha48 min
Apr 30, 10:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg43 min
Apr 30, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon56 min
Apr 30, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah42 min
Apr 30, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha39 min
Apr 30, 11:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Murray4 hr
Apr 30, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman51 min
Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore46 min
Apr 30, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian43 min
Apr 30, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore24 min
Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAtoka, Coal4 hr
May 1, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian16 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1237 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Washington2 hr
Apr 30, 6:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 4 more90 min
Apr 30, 12:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 2 more2 hr
Apr 30, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 5 more7 hr
Apr 30, 4:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 2 more55 min
Apr 30, 11:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 41 more2 hr
Apr 30, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Grady, Oklahoma, Tillman2 hr
Apr 30, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton, Creek, Garvin and 15 more84 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.