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Tornado Watch 221

May 23, 20197 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 23, 2019, 3:11 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2019, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 38 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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
80%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
60%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
95%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
90%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa, Meade44 min
May 23, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas62 min
May 23, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee45 min
May 23, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall41 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts53 min
May 23, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum36 min
May 23, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver51 min
May 23, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Randall64 min
May 23, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall50 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum45 min
May 23, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade, Seward40 min
May 23, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts64 min
May 23, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum40 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade36 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter66 min
May 23, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCastro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher63 min
May 23, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts38 min
May 23, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade52 min
May 23, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, Randall48 min
May 23, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry46 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum27 min
May 23, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall58 min
May 23, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Roberts38 min
May 23, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts65 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBTerry, Yoakum21 min
May 23, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts44 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock41 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade53 min
May 23, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts67 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade25 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Terry46 min
May 23, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningAMALipscomb, Ochiltree45 min
May 23, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock37 min
May 23, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts66 min
May 23, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver76 min
May 23, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACarson, Potter, Randall61 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry36 min
May 23, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAGray, Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts65 min
May 23, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver45 min
May 23, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Yoakum43 min
May 23, 7:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts41 min
May 23, 7:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill, Roberts51 min
May 23, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock34 min
May 23, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBLubbock, Lynn47 min
May 23, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock84 min
May 23, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Yoakum53 min
May 23, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver37 min
May 23, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver49 min
May 23, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lubbock64 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts65 min
May 23, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver, Texas48 min
May 23, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock41 min
May 23, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper45 min
May 23, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock63 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver47 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOUNEllis, Harper45 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree28 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lubbock62 min
May 23, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock45 min
May 23, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver31 min
May 23, 9:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatOUNHarper41 min
May 23, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLUBCochran, Hockley116 min
May 23, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock46 min
May 23, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock65 min
May 23, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver47 min
May 23, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarper41 min
May 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCrosby, Floyd, Hale32 min
May 23, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper52 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarper32 min
May 23, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBBailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Yoakum46 min
May 23, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche42 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1941 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette88 min
May 22, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery8 hr
May 23, 7:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more85 min
May 23, 11:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 16 more94 min
May 23, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 8 more63 min
May 23, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 30 more8 hr
May 23, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 4 more87 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 16 more6 hr
May 22, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, McClain, Stephens and 1 more94 min
May 22, 9:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa56 min
May 23, 12:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 5 more91 min
May 23, 1:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Ellis, Roger Mills118 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.