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Tornado Watch 111
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2023, 5:56 PM CDT for 17 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2023, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 41 counties
Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 1 more | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 50 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 2, 12:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sabine | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 53 more | 113 min |
| Apr 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown and 51 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland and 23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.