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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 151

April 23, 202219 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 23, 2022, 11:36 PM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2022, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman46 min
Apr 23, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens33 min
Apr 24, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens44 min
Apr 24, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 26 more87 min
Apr 24, 2:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoal, Comanche, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray and 3 more116 min
Apr 24, 9:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 4 more116 min
Apr 24, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more8 hr
Apr 24, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan2 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.