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Tornado Watch 120

April 13, 202242 counties in Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 2022, 10:37 AM CDT for 42 counties in Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2022, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2022, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 76 counties

Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 11:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	28 min
Apr 13, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	47 min
Apr 13, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone	36 min
Apr 13, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Saline, Van Buren and 1 more	47 min
Apr 13, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 2 more	49 min
Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone and 1 more	45 min
Apr 13, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	36 min
Apr 13, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	56 min
Apr 13, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Izard, Randolph, Sharp, Stone and 1 more	38 min
Apr 13, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	57 min
Apr 13, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski and 1 more	51 min
Apr 13, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	14 min
Apr 13, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Red River, Titus, Wood	58 min
Apr 13, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Ouachita	43 min
Apr 13, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski	30 min
Apr 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	42 min
Apr 13, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood	52 min
Apr 13, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith	59 min
Apr 13, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	36 min
Apr 13, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Lawrence, Sharp	88 min
Apr 13, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White	2 hr
Apr 13, 2:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita, Saline	116 min
Apr 13, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	46 min
Apr 13, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Ouachita	66 min
Apr 13, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	24 min
Apr 13, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	31 min
Apr 13, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 2 more	94 min
Apr 13, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	64 min
Apr 13, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	63 min
Apr 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	55 min
Apr 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	40 min
Apr 13, 4:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson and 2 more	85 min
Apr 13, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant, Winn	28 min
Apr 13, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	51 min
Apr 13, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Winn	50 min
Apr 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Monroe	79 min
Apr 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	26 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
Apr 12, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River and 4 more	7 hr
Apr 12, 9:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more	96 min
Apr 12, 11:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	2 hr
Apr 12, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	4 hr
Apr 13, 7:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Garland and 19 more	2 hr
Apr 13, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 23 more	83 min
Apr 13, 10:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Fulton, Marion	56 min
Apr 13, 12:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more	118 min
Apr 13, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 9 more	7 hr
Apr 13, 2:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more	63 min
Apr 13, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot, Union	8 hr
Apr 13, 3:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chicot	84 min
Apr 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Desha, Drew, Phillips	90 min
Apr 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 12 more	2 hr
Apr 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 4 more	5 hr
Apr 13, 6:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison and 1 more	91 min
Apr 12, 8:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Leon, Madison, Robertson, Walker	86 min
Apr 13, 11:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Camp, Delta, Ellis, Falls, Fannin and 19 more	93 min
Apr 13, 12:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Camp, Delta, Ellis, Falls, Fannin and 19 more	97 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.