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Tornado Watch 401
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 19, 2019, 3:58 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2019, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 4 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 89 counties
Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Archer County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
- 90%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 90%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 80%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
74 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Titus | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coleman | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lamar | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morris, Titus | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Ouachita | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Franklin, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 2 more | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus, Wood | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill, Lampasas and 2 more | 72 min |
| Jun 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 13 min |
| Jun 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 76 min |
| Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 19 min |
| Jun 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 54 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Little River, Logan, Polk, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Mississippi | 115 min |
| Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Greene, Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 3 more | 95 min |
| Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 18 more | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 8 more | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Coke, Fisher, Howard, Jones, Kent and 6 more | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hopkins, Hunt | 60 min |
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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.