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Tornado Watch 307

June 15, 202345 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 15, 2023, 2:34 PM CDT for 45 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2023, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2023, 8:44 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 5 in
Strongest gust expected: 80 kt

All 62 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Texas County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 70%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 95%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 95%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	63 min
Jun 15, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa	48 min
Jun 15, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	47 min
Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	51 min
Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Beaver, Texas	93 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver, Texas	16 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Comanche	52 min
Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	91 min
Jun 15, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens	41 min
Jun 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Comanche	64 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Comanche, Grady, Stephens	50 min
Jun 15, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Childress, Hall	42 min
Jun 15, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	42 min
Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	54 min
Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Stephens	54 min
Jun 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Beaver	17 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Beaver	70 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole	17 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	94 min
Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Lipscomb, Ochiltree	39 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	43 min
Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	39 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	65 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Stephens	47 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	54 min
Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson	50 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Beaver	43 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	45 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	51 min
Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	25 min
Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill	54 min
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	47 min
Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	52 min
Jun 15, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward	50 min
Jun 15, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	49 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	48 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Carter, Love	46 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	39 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward	47 min
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills	24 min
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	54 min
Jun 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	47 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	46 min
Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	40 min
Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love, Marshall	27 min
Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	37 min
Jun 15, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	51 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 6 more	48 min
Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Oklahoma	57 min
Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	19 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods	47 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love, Marshall	52 min
Jun 15, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	48 min
Jun 15, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	46 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	32 min
Jun 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Garfield and 4 more	49 min
Jun 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	21 min
Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	47 min
Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	51 min
Jun 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	50 min
Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	46 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	41 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
Jun 14, 8:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	LeFlore	86 min
Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 17 more	90 min
Jun 15, 4:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 13 more	83 min
Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Beaver, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more	2 hr
Jun 15, 6:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Carter, Love, Marshall	96 min
Jun 14, 8:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Ellis, Freestone, Gregg and 15 more	55 min
Jun 15, 2:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche and 32 more	2 hr
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin and 40 more	8 hr
Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman and 33 more	87 min

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2023 Tornado Watches in Texas, 2023 Every tornado watch in 2023

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.