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Tornado Watch 560

November 4, 20227 counties in Arkansas; 37 counties in Oklahoma; 46 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 4, 2022, 1:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 37 counties in Oklahoma; 46 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2022, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 4, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 90 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 50%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 90%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 4, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	33 min
Nov 4, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan	52 min
Nov 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	50 min
Nov 4, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	50 min
Nov 4, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	53 min
Nov 4, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	52 min
Nov 4, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka	46 min
Nov 4, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	25 min
Nov 4, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	31 min
Nov 4, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan	37 min
Nov 4, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill	33 min
Nov 4, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	58 min
Nov 4, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	20 min
Nov 4, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	33 min
Nov 4, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	43 min
Nov 4, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	27 min
Nov 4, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	40 min
Nov 4, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	36 min
Nov 4, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	50 min
Nov 4, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman	38 min
Nov 4, 3:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	5 hr
Nov 4, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	48 min
Nov 4, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt, Lamar	46 min
Nov 4, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	46 min
Nov 4, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	40 min
Nov 4, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	36 min
Nov 4, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	49 min
Nov 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	44 min
Nov 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa	29 min
Nov 4, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc	4 hr
Nov 4, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Navarro	44 min
Nov 4, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	55 min
Nov 4, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	47 min
Nov 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Fannin, Grayson, Rockwall, Tarrant	46 min
Nov 4, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	29 min
Nov 4, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Lamar	22 min
Nov 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	51 min
Nov 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone	47 min
Nov 4, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	31 min
Nov 4, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	3 hr
Nov 4, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	40 min
Nov 4, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	35 min
Nov 4, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	50 min
Nov 4, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	44 min
Nov 4, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	56 min
Nov 4, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	23 min
Nov 4, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	45 min
Nov 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	43 min
Nov 4, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	39 min
Nov 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	FWD	Hopkins	22 min
Nov 4, 5:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	4 hr
Nov 4, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	66 min
Nov 4, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	46 min
Nov 4, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	27 min
Nov 4, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Lamar	53 min
Nov 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	50 min
Nov 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	35 min
Nov 4, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	4 hr
Nov 4, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	38 min
Nov 4, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	52 min
Nov 4, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	21 min
Nov 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt	21 min
Nov 4, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Wood	44 min
Nov 4, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	37 min
Nov 4, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	35 min
Nov 4, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	42 min
Nov 4, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	41 min
Nov 4, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur	38 min
Nov 4, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith	35 min
Nov 4, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar	16 min
Nov 4, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins	16 min
Nov 4, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SHV	McCurtain	39 min
Nov 4, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	35 min
Nov 4, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus	39 min
Nov 4, 6:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington	5 hr
Nov 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	50 min
Nov 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	47 min
Nov 4, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	21 min
Nov 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	McCurtain	40 min
Nov 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Upshur	34 min
Nov 4, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	5 hr
Nov 4, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk	45 min
Nov 4, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	30 min
Nov 4, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	24 min
Nov 4, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	51 min
Nov 4, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	50 min
Nov 4, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll	28 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 4, 11:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Polk, Sebastian, Sevier	62 min
Nov 4, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery and 6 more	92 min
Nov 4, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway and 31 more	6 hr
Nov 3, 10:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Ellis, Harper	3 hr
Nov 4, 2:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 4, 2:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more	118 min
Nov 4, 6:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 5 more	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.