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Tornado Watch 213

May 11, 202331 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 11, 2023, 3:44 PM CDT for 31 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2023, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2023, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 39 counties

Atoka County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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: 50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
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

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	43 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	28 min
May 11, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague	46 min
May 11, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	45 min
May 11, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	42 min
May 11, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague	32 min
May 11, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	32 min
May 11, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma	40 min
May 11, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	37 min
May 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	30 min
May 11, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
May 11, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	32 min
May 11, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	29 min
May 11, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	43 min
May 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	14 min
May 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	38 min
May 11, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wise	37 min
May 11, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Grady	45 min
May 11, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	59 min
May 11, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	40 min
May 11, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	16 min
May 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	42 min
May 11, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wise	25 min
May 11, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	31 min
May 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague	3 hr
May 11, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	43 min
May 11, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	26 min
May 11, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	47 min
May 11, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	27 min
May 11, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie	33 min
May 11, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	50 min
May 11, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	49 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	30 min
May 11, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	52 min
May 11, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	33 min
May 11, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	44 min
May 11, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc	47 min
May 11, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Pontotoc	48 min
May 11, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	45 min
May 11, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	24 min
May 11, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	43 min
May 11, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	32 min
May 12, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	49 min
May 12, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	5 hr
May 12, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	34 min
May 12, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	49 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 11, 2:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 37 more	113 min
May 11, 5:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	93 min
May 10, 10:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Hansford and 11 more	2 hr
May 11, 9:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sabine, Shelby	3 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.