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Tornado Watch 110
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 15, 2024, 2:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2024, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 41 counties
Cotton County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- 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
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Knox | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 4 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 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cotton, Jackson, Tillman | 88 min |
| Apr 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 25 more | 53 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.