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Tornado Watch 163
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 4, 2020, 2:32 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2020, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 49 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 50%
- 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
- 80%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
51 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 41 min |
| May 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 17 min |
| May 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 31 min |
| May 4, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 44 min |
| May 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 24 min |
| May 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 54 min |
| May 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 33 min |
| May 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 44 min |
| May 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 12 min |
| May 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 29 min |
| May 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 29 min |
| May 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 32 min |
| May 4, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 41 min |
| May 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| May 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 10 min |
| May 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 27 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 40 min |
| May 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 24 min |
| May 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 39 min |
| May 4, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 20 min |
| May 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| May 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 39 min |
| May 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 56 min |
| May 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 40 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 24 min |
| May 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 31 min |
| May 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| May 4, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| May 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| May 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 17 min |
| May 4, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 25 min |
| May 4, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 9:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 90 min |
| May 4, 10:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Fulton and 12 more | 97 min |
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 8 more | 86 min |
| May 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 114 min |
| May 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 118 min |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 6 hr |
| May 4, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph | 61 min |
| May 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 54 min |
| May 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 4, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee and 38 more | 55 min |
| May 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 49 more | 12 hr |
| May 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Lincoln and 11 more | 119 min |
| May 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Jefferson and 7 more | 5 hr |
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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.